Rat Rod
Owner & Founder
Sunday night I was just about to hit the sack and I decided to check my phone one last time. I ended up opening OfferUp (which I never do) and low and behold I see an ad for a 76 Redline Squareback frame and fork. 
I contacted the seller and we got into a conversation about the bike. I found out that he also had a set of Webco magnesium mag wheels that were available so we worked out a deal and I met up with him on Tuesday morning and picked it all up. Needless to say, I had a little trouble sleeping that night. 
This is one crusty bird and the wheels have quite a bit of corrosion, but the rarity of it all just beats out the grunge. The other issue is that someone down the line thought it was a good idea to take sandpaper to the top and down tube to remove oxidation.
I'm going to dig around for an old quilted Messigner seat and a steal post, but I'm not sure that I'll do much more to it. The problem is, with a bike this rare and this grungy, you either leave it alone or you go full restoration on it. I have no idea how to clean up these mags without messing them up. I also don't want to spend money on having everything refinished right now.
So here it is...
I contacted the seller and we got into a conversation about the bike. I found out that he also had a set of Webco magnesium mag wheels that were available so we worked out a deal and I met up with him on Tuesday morning and picked it all up. Needless to say, I had a little trouble sleeping that night. This is one crusty bird and the wheels have quite a bit of corrosion, but the rarity of it all just beats out the grunge. The other issue is that someone down the line thought it was a good idea to take sandpaper to the top and down tube to remove oxidation.
I'm going to dig around for an old quilted Messigner seat and a steal post, but I'm not sure that I'll do much more to it. The problem is, with a bike this rare and this grungy, you either leave it alone or you go full restoration on it. I have no idea how to clean up these mags without messing them up. I also don't want to spend money on having everything refinished right now.
So here it is...
