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This may depend on your level of equipment but look into spray on body fillers. These are basically very thick primers that can be block sanded to fill pits and smooth out ripples.

I remember drilling a small hole in mine to help pry it out.

You have to remove the plug to work on the lock. It is not welded but swaged in. No lock smith should be needed. The lock is a common Yale cabinet lock. The rest of the mechanism is proprietary.

The upper part of the fork blade before the rake starts should be parallel with the head tube. Most the bend is in the steering column.

Yes you can use the powder coat as a base color, fill and paint over it. It is not well known but the Schwinn Phantom replicas were powder coated black then the red was painted on before being clear coated.

Fix or replace the bent fork then leave it alone and ride it.

Five dollars worth of transfers on a one hundred dollar bike.

Was there any indication of the type of tubing before the frame was stripped? 6 series aluminum tubing will be fairly corrosion resistant. polish, Scotch-Brite, wax, etc will be fine. 7 series aluminum tubing will be much less resistant to corrosion and should be painted or powder coated.

The steering column appears to be bent at the fork crown. This gives good cause to replace the whole steering column.

I like your work. Your stand is similar to the P&K Lie stand which is Uber cool but also sells for Uber bucks ($2000). Did the T-Square come from a power plane?

Glad the dropout issue is settled. CB and I ran out of pee. I am still claiming best distance while he scored best in accuracy. Now there is still the open issue of the chainstay repairs. Anybody have some ideas?

Socal_Jack, there is a kid in Encinitas named Jack that films these guys, not you is it? And Beachside, you know I know what you ride.

I don't disagree with everything that CB is saying. However, as a Fabricator, Mechanical Engineer, and Engineering Manager by profession and a restorer as a hobbyist I will state that the physics of mechanical properties will not be denied. For any margin of safety the dropouts will need to be...

2000 series aluminum is alloyed for forming processes, casting, forging, bending, etc. It is not considered a weldable aluminum. Adding plates of 6 series may sound like the solution but the repair will only be as strong as the welds. Any fix to the dropouts does not address the rather dodgy...

Stuck in the past? Boy you don't know the half of it. Life long Kneeboarder! (not the only one on this site either)

The welding is not big deal if you are good but there is more to it. When the welding is done you will have a completely annealed area (O condition). This area will have little of the original strength. I doubt anyone is taking the appropriate steps to have the frame solution heat treated after...

I will never be old enough to have to ride a longboard. We do own two (8'0" & 9'0") as well as two longboard skateboards (Hobie Fiberflex).

Another one checking in from "...." (old 50's hot rodder/biker slang for San Diego).

Yes the rings will fit. They are the 116mm BCD standard of most three pin cranks. The bolt hole diameters on mine are larger than the old ones, mine will fit a modern chainring bolt.

True ans ironic choice, but he did miss the cyclist. As far as Holy Grail bikes go it must be something nearly unobtainable like a T.E.Lawrence bike, not something that can be had for mere money.