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  1. mark cooper

    Birthday bike

    My kid is turning 9 on July the 6th so he comes to me and said Dad I want to build my own Rat Rod bike for my birthday. I was so proud :D . Anyway I say pick whatever bike you want and the parts you want and I will only help when you need it. That is what he did and this is what he got. started...
  2. mark cooper

    build off bike done - next project

    found this one on craigslist for $10.00. It's a 1967 Schwinn stingray frame just asking for the Rat Rod treatment so it'll get it. I'm thinking - rebuild the front fork w/knobby tires front and back, single seat, and straight bars. I have these cheap purple rims off a china bike those are going...
  3. mark cooper

    Higgoosa

    OK here it is my first rat rod build, what a blast this was. 60ish 24" jc higgins frame w/ 26" mongoose mountain bike fork. found the seat at flea market. tires, rims, and pedals from 1966 sears donor bike. took a front and rear fender and put them together to make wrap around rear fender. old...
  4. mark cooper

    Higgoosa

    I've decided to give this a go and go full on Rat - Nothing, so far, is new. Everything has come via junk piles or from junk dealers. So far I have around $7.00 in the build and I just went to this giant flea market today so I have another $2.50 worth of parts for it. I'm going 20" ( sorta )...
  5. mark cooper

    jc higgins question??????

    I have an old higgins frame with the rectangle badge. It's been painted over and over but at one time it looks as If jc higgins was in black. The frame has two split backbones and it's 24". What years was this bike made. It looks as if was a tank bicycle (boys). Anyone??
  6. mark cooper

    New from NC

    Hi everyone, My kid got a new bike for Christmas and we took his old bikes and put them together ( father and son project ). We had a blast doing it so we went web surfing to see if there were anyone else who was doing this and we found this site. Were just starting out, you guys are hard core...
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