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  1. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury now "Hg 80" or "Hg Quicksilver" UPDATE:Well made some serious progress today! Got all of the paint stripped off of the frame MY EYE PROTECTION! Welsh Manufacturing Co. Made safety glasses, circa 1920's Okay I got all of the paint off but ran into a new problem....the rust and...
  2. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury now "Hg 80" or "Hg Quicksilver" I got them! And for the metal pan thing...would a paint roller pan or a aluminum cake pan work?
  3. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury now "Hg 80" or "Hg Quicksilver" Well here we go....first time removing paint this way p
  4. Vintagebikelover24

    YZ-24 MotoBike ...now SOUTHERN FLYER (6th Place) *revised*

    Re: YZ-24 MotoBike ......NOW SOUTHERN FLYER (early mock up) Okay thanks!
  5. Vintagebikelover24

    YZ-24 MotoBike ...now SOUTHERN FLYER (6th Place) *revised*

    Re: YZ-24 MotoBike ......NOW SOUTHERN FLYER (early mock up) I guess you shouldn't use water to remove it? Where can ya get mineral spirits?
  6. Vintagebikelover24

    YZ-24 MotoBike ...now SOUTHERN FLYER (6th Place) *revised*

    Re: YZ-24 MotoBike ......NOW SOUTHERN FLYER (early mock up) I must ask you, what did you use/do to strip the paint off of these parts?
  7. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury now "Hg 80" or "Hg Quicksilver" UPDATE: started the sanding of the frame today! I forgot to take a pic of the bike while it was sanded (I got the top bar mostly down to bare metal :? ) that's the faul in using a piece of sand paper and my own hand lol anyways I'm getting paint...
  8. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mud-cury(not 100% sure about that name) Lol hey that quote looks familiar!
  9. Vintagebikelover24

    College choices

    Bicycle 808...I've done some research on what jobs I could get with a Business Administration degree. It's not 100% like you'd think! There are actually quite a few jobs out there for a MBA, which is what I plan to get. One of the schools that had personally contacted me, Washington University...
  10. Vintagebikelover24

    YZ-24 MotoBike ...now SOUTHERN FLYER (6th Place) *revised*

    Re: YZ-24 MotoBike ......NOW SOUTHERN FLYER (fend 'r foe?) I agree...simple, cheap, and you don't have to mod the original forks at all which is nice in the future.
  11. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury now "Hg 80" or "Hg Quicksilver" King it's not even all original paint :cry: ...someone decided to repaint most of the black horribly :/ some spots you can take your fingernail and it flakes down to bare metal! It's like 1 coat of crappy rattle can stuff. And I know! I'm hurrying...
  12. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury(not 100% sure about that name) Alright fellow RRB-ers I am changing my plan for this bike. I'm not switching the frame just what I'm going to do with it, and the name! I will be changing the name to either Hg 80 or Hg Quicksilver! Why you ask? Well I've been looking at bikes on...
  13. Vintagebikelover24

    The Free Spirit in action new pics

    Re: The Free Spirit is finished +1 on those tires! They're awesome
  14. Vintagebikelover24

    Only if I had a bigger garage and $2000

    Look at this beauty It's a 48 Ford F-1! The owner has the front end and fenders and all that, just no pics of them. Anyways, how cool would this be to build? I mean you have free range basically to do whatever. Use any motor and trans you'd like! You could make this a ratty masterpiece! Clear...
  15. Vintagebikelover24

    '81 Chevy Project Goes Away

    Did you put like a matte clear or any clear over the paint?
  16. Vintagebikelover24

    College choices

    Alright, I got my SAT score back...it's not really what I was aiming for. I'll be taking it again in October! Anyways I scored a 1520. That's not a bad score and it can get me into quite a few schools but I'm aiming for a 1600.
  17. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury(not 100% sure about that name) Oh I am so sorry! Lol life has gotten pretty hectic for me :shock: between baseball and completely redoing my garage I've had little time for RRB let alone the Mudcury :cry: ill get those pics posted ASAP! I've had 40 American Legion Baseball games...
  18. Vintagebikelover24

    College choices

    Well I'm going for Business Administration lol and I'm going to be applying to Davidson too! Gonna try out my luck
  19. Vintagebikelover24

    College choices

    Well it's the end of my Junior year now! I took my SATs a few weeks ago and the scores will be in next week! In the meantime I've gotten interested in a few more schools. One is the University of Mary Washington. I've never even heard of the school until my baseball coach handed me a letter I...
  20. Vintagebikelover24

    Hg Quicksilver ~~~~~~FINISHED!!!!!

    Re: Mudcury(not 100% sure about that name) Got some new parts! Pics will follow soon. Some new rims and tires, sprocket, stem, handlebars, pedals(maybe), crank(maybe) The rear rim with needs a different freewheel, I'm going to go with a single speed I think
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