"Death proof" JC Higgins

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Pookie42

Pookie42

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This will be the second bike I build but first time posting pics of the build. The bike is a JC Higgins that I picked up for $50 although the price was cheap I had to drive almost 9hrs to pick it up. I conned my wife into taking the day off work with me & take a drive to the southern part of Illinois (we are in Chicago). Long story short I was so excited to pick up this bike I drove like a bat out of heck to get back home, hence the name "Death Proof", like the movie. I will be building it with the theme of the flat black nova with the little duck on the hood. These are pictures of the bike when I got it.


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I didn't take the head badge off when I painted it because the last bike I built I damaged it trying to take it off. And I didn't want to repeat it on this one because it is almost perfect.


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Got these nexus 3 speed rims that I was gonna use for another build but I got an idea for a shifter on this.


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Was gonna build a tank with louvers in it but then I remembered I had this shifter and it fills the space pretty good I think.


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The only problem is the cable is too short but I can just get a longer one but I like the way the white looks against the flat black paint.


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When I took the parts in to get chromed I noticed the guy only polished one side really good. It didn't matter to me because I figured as long as the nice side is the part that shows thats all I cared about. But when I started putting the parts together guess what, the nice part wasn't on the outside. Something I shoulda mentioned to him. But now I know. And I'm sure he'll fix it for me. I'm just gonna wait till next winter for that because I wanna ride.


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