After looking at all of your sweet trikes over the last few nights, I decided I want one again for beer runs. Now did a search of the forum and found a lot of pictures of awesome trikes, but no answers to my questions so here they are. I picked up a 77 Schwinn Town and Country from the flea market a while back and never did anything with the trike rear end. as you can see its missing some things, like the sprocket for the axles, and the shifter arm.
My first Question is what kind of sprocket do i need for the axle, and how is it usually attached? any pics of yours?
Second Question, How do I remove the wheels from the axles? not sure if it has to do with these two things on the top and bottom?
I'm not sure what tool i would use to remove them?
And lastly, any ideas of where I could get some 26" hollow hub rims besides BicycleDesigner.com Love the 144 spoke look but just don't feel like spending $80 a pop right now. any just 36 spoke hollow hubs? I checked ebay and did a quick google search and mostly just found 20" and 24".
and here is the start of the project after mocking it up while drunk last night.

My first Question is what kind of sprocket do i need for the axle, and how is it usually attached? any pics of yours?
Second Question, How do I remove the wheels from the axles? not sure if it has to do with these two things on the top and bottom?



I'm not sure what tool i would use to remove them?
And lastly, any ideas of where I could get some 26" hollow hub rims besides BicycleDesigner.com Love the 144 spoke look but just don't feel like spending $80 a pop right now. any just 36 spoke hollow hubs? I checked ebay and did a quick google search and mostly just found 20" and 24".
and here is the start of the project after mocking it up while drunk last night.
