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Don't know if anybody makes em' black with a red wall,like the cars had back in the 60's or 70's. Or a red pin stripe on the rim.

Almost done with the brazing. Came out ok. It's alot like when I do spackle in the house,put it on,sand it off. I used a small tip and thin rod. I'll have to use a smear of bondo to fix the minor imperfections. All in all,not too bad...

Thanks for the input. I just found out this thing was built in 1935,so now I'm really nervous! On the other hand,it's stayed together this long. There was a few spot of lead already on there. I don't know if it was done at the factory or at some later date. I'm thinking I'll try the brazing on a...

Stole it from a 70's musician. Older folks might remember Stiff records.

I stripped the paint of my Elgin and found a lot of the joints are not finished too well. I'm thinking about fillet brazing around the joints to fill the gaps and make a little bit of a radius just to make it look nice. What I'm wondering is am I going to totally warp the frame or have the...

I'm pretty sure that seat post was home made. The guy I got the bike from told me the owner was 6' 5" tall. It's solid steel.I don't know if they all are. E

My computer geek son just got home. So here's a pic of my Elgin. E

Hi Stumbled across this site maybe a month ago. Very cool! I've always been into bikes,more of the "regular" kind. When I saw the pics of your bikes I knew I had to build one. As luck would have it,I found an old Elgin on Craigs list,not 20 miles from my house. I have no idea how old it is. I...