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    Araya Rims problem

    Best help I can suggest is read this here- http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html "Brown's Law Of Tire Sizing: If two tires are marked with sizes that are mathematically equal, but one is expressed as a decimal and the other as a fraction, these two tires will not be interchangeable" (Quoted...
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    Huffman Road King? year? maker?

    prewar huffman or shelby is my guess
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    President lugged cruiser frame and fork??

    sweet top and middle twin tubes. Cool score outlaw. I want to see what you come up with for this one.
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    My 1930s Westfield/Pope build

    I previously posted that I liked the fork-truss rod design, as I had not seen that style before. But now a few days later I see someone else on here has one like it as well. They have id'ed theirs as an IverJohnson. A few similarities between the two. But I don't know that much about either...
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    green with envy....

    5H005013 finally found this serial numbeer on the left rear drop out. Any ideas?
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    My 1930s Westfield/Pope build

    Nice bike to start with. I like those truss rods coming together at the top to one point and the bracing back to the fork. Interested to see what you come up with.
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    Midwest IL & Tri State Rat Rodders - Interest In An Event?

    There is usually a few rat rod bikes at the flying eyeball reunion show in August at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds and nobody seems to view it as "riding the coattails". But I know where you are coming from though. If you can try to make it up this way for that show or the motorcycle swap...
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    Midwest IL & Tri State Rat Rodders - Interest In An Event?

    let me know if you get something goin. I will try to make it over your way and possibly bring a few others along. Also if this is done in connection with any sort of car show, may be able to talk my dad into bringing out one of his toys.
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    Old Barn Bicycles betty sue & bonnie lou

    Drop outs on the last bike look like shelby or huffman style dropouts Nice find there
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    Unknown Shelby (1940's?)

    nice ride it looks great even without a tank I have a Hiawatha badged Shelby with the same dropouts chainguard paint design everything the difference though is the color scheme is reversed mine is covered in rusty patina and I am missing the light on the front fender. Yours looks way cooler...
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    info

    since you said the bike was already on the gallery page it was obviously a previous members bike. I did a member search and found pattybilt was a member a while back but doesn't look like he has logged in for a couple years. here was his intro and it includes him saying he put 'pattybilt' on all...
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    monty wards bike

    Any idea on year or way of finding out I haven't found any serials yet
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    monty wards bike

    Grips are for sale if you want them Just finished posting the sale thread GRIPS SOLD IN SIX MINUTES THANKS JAXON HOPE YOU LIKE THEM
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    monty wards bike

    update- here are the pics The bike just how I got Stick on head badge Fender mounts to the front of fork Chain guard mount to bottom of the bottom bearing housing Square tubing rear fender mount Awesome purple glitter grips and in this pic you can see the "H" logo inside an oval on the grips
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    monty wards bike

    I picked up a 20" girls montgomery wards bike yesterday thinking of a cool flip project for it. I have pictures that I can post but they will have to wait (need sleep first). a couple questions I have- Does anyone have a wards catalog link I can check out? The rear hub is a mexican bendix...
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    ***QuickSilver- Stick a fork in it!***

    Re: The Phoenix- A Gray Area go with the vintage saddle- the brown on the other one clashes too much
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    2 Hiawathas and a Tornado

    be sure to post some good shots of that Hiawatha here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=55740 And NICE score there
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    green with envy....

    i have a 47 dayton(huffman built ) and those drop outs are more pointed and blunt ended where as these are rounded at the end and no there is not a missing bar that i can tell
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    history lesson?

    not sure where this should be placed but I found it while trying to get more info on some of my bikes I found it to hold some interesting info http://www.socalbicycles.com/BikeHistory.htm So anyway if the mods can place this where they think it should be that would be great or if not of use...
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    Mystery frame

    looks similiar to my gambles hiawatha frame bottom bracket serial number is G12646
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