B-day score

[outskirtscustoms]

Well it's my B-day and I actually got a score , not a big score but a score. Got it off a junker buddy for $5! It's a Murry Westport beach cruiser. Then I started working on it........

The pedals were frozen, tried lube still tight so replaced those.
The neck was loose so I took it apart and the bearing race had gouged it's way into the fork so I replaced those. :x
The bearings in the back wheel were loose but I tightened them up and they are okay.
The back tube had a small cut in it looked like a screwdriver mark, replaced that.
Replaced a few rounded off bolts.
Cleaned it up and pulled the weeds out of the wheels and it looks great.

All in all didn't do too bad on it, It's got some nice points, It's rust free, Has some nice whitewalls, nice long horn bars, decent paint, comfy seat, and it was cheap. Just wish I could salvage the fork.

 

[oldrider]

Sounds like you had a fun birthday!

 

[schwinnmesa]

Cool! Love the seat. Happy B-day!

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Thanks guys, It was okay. A bit more work than I was thinking it'd be but it was still a solid score. I might have a friend of mine run a bead of weld on the gouge or use some JB weld and file it down and hit it with the old tap and die. see if I can save the forks. Any advice??? anybody run into this problem before?

 

[jaydub]

Sweet score..Happy birthday..

 

[outskirtscustoms]

any advice on the gouged fork?

 

[deorman]

It's not the factory fork anyway, find another one.

 

[Spokeshave]

The price is right! Nice one.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

It's not the factory fork anyway, find another one.

I already swapped the fork, I do have the factory fork for it. I'm really thinking of ratting it out like my huffy so a little paint and you'll never know anyway. Really liking the triple tree look a lot of guys here have been sporting so I might try to find one of those forks. Don't really know I got so many ideas floating around and every time I get on here I got about 10 more to sort through. Any ideas from you guys?

 

[outskirtscustoms]

got her all cleaned,

Thinking about painting it, any ideas on color scheme? I am thinking an eggshell white over flat blue like a satin finish.