TRADITIONAL 🅵🅾🅾🅻🅸🅶🅰🅽 - 1930s Elgin Oriole

[Captain Awesome]

Had to break away and drive over to @Captain Awesome "s side of the river to score this aluminum 3speed Electra Relic tanker. Been wanting one of these feames for a while.

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Did you beat up a little old retiree for it

 

[kingfish254]

Did you beat up a little old retiree for it

Naw, he was younger than me. But I got a great deal for only $100.

 

[kingfish254]

Another rainy night in Georgia. But I still went to the lane when it was drizzling and sprayed some paint into a cap.

 

[kingfish254]

While I had the paint in the cap, I remembered someone suggesting painting the recessed outline of the B&M shifter. I'll clean off the high spots after it dries.

 

[kingfish254]

Also tested the HotWheels on the guard with red, white, and no stripe.

 

[SwissGuy]

Also tested the HotWheels on the guard with red, white, and no stripe.

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Still #3

 

[BobbyStillz]

Also tested the HotWheels on the guard with red, white, and no stripe.

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I vote the red stripe with a white pin running parallel (top and bottom).

 

[OddJob]

#2 or #3.

 

[kingfish254]

That came out slick.

Thanks, I was a bit worried that I didn't have a good patination for the white on the fork shroud, but I am very pleased with it.

Big difference in the before and after.

Yes, it's always fun at the end to look back and see how big the journey was.

It has come a long way! Makes me really appreciate that fork you chose for this build. Excited to see the before and finished after.

Thanks. After 2.5 months of a fork that didn't match, it's awesome to see it all blend together in the end.

Still #3

I vote the red stripe with a white pin running parallel (top and bottom).

#2 or #3.

I love how the red turned out to backlight the HotWheels letters. It makes the whole badge visually have more depth.
I don't have a preference for the HotWheels guard just yet. We'll see how it all plays with the whole build.

 

[kingfish254]

Backpacking the B&M logo really ties the shifter handle in more.

 

[kingfish254]

HotWheels badge is looking good with the backpaint.

 

[kingfish254]

I am going to use the RatFink headbadge. I just need to get a blow dryer and heat it up a bit because it has a smaller radius than the headtube.

 

[RustySprockets]

The backfills turned out real nice. For anyone who doesn't know, there is a dedicated tool for that purpose. It's called a "flow pencil," and it looks a lot like an airbrush, but is gravity-fed--no compressor needed.

 

[kingfish254]

The backfills turned out real nice. For anyone who doesn't know, there is a dedicated tool for that purpose. It's called a "flow pencil," and it looks a lot like an airbrush, but is gravity-fed--no compressor needed.

Now you tell me!
I remember seeing those now. Guess I'll search ebay while my mind is on it.

 

[kingfish254]

I couldn't find one of my old screw on valve air pumps, so I opened up the mooneyes to inflate the tire.

 

[kingfish254]

Something felt a little rough when I turned the axle, so I removed the discs again to check out the bearings and assembly.