I've been doing more selling than buying for a while now, but I made an exception today. It would have been my Dad's 67th Birthday and since I grew up with him taking me to auctions, I decided to find a sale in his honor. Settled on one almost four hours away that listed a 1940s Western Flyer. Three hours after I arrived, I was loading this into the car. The old boy is a little crusty (and really dirty), but it's solid and very complete all the way down to the Troxel saddle. No rot to be seen. What really caught my eye, in addition to the curved fender braces and peaked fenders, was the rack. It has what looks like taillights built in that are operated by a switch in the rack. Miraculously the lenses and switch were all intact. Really looking forward to (gently) cleaning this one up.
