Farber Supersonic-"Detroit Supersonic"

[TheFlyingDingo]

Well, bought this bike today
the questions can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8017&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
And the fresh find post here:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=7697&start=15

Just annother addition to all of my projects...whoopdie doo
Its a nice frame, lots of potential.

This is how it stood when i pulled it out of the SUV..
The man Brush painted it and thought it looked "GREAT!"

The obvious sign its prewar

This is my first skiptooth bicycle, im pretty excited to get it running (nicely)

Nice looking badge...will look nice with black

Started grinding away at it, i was tired of the silver..it was terrible looking

Started at the wheels, looks 100% better allready

Further grinding

A hole in the frame

The fender bracket falling apart...might not use it anyway

Serial number for whatever reason

Ive got a problem with the rear hub, its a morrow...heres the problem in the how to section:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8018


And heres a mockup

Ill be messing with this bike until i get the donor bike for my BOB3 bike

 

[xddorox]

That headbadge rocks! The bike is cool too :mrgreen:

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

More progress today

Laid some paint on...OF COURSE, Flat Black
its the easiest, and looks the best to me...
Its duplicolor HotRod black primer

Wish i used the dutchboy paint i used on dan's bike...looks nicer

love these fenders, finally have a use for em...Thanks Boardtrack Fan

note-the multiple rakes+brooms are for the chain
no master lock

 

[chimichanga]

it's coming out good dingo! Love the fenders

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Painted the temporary fork

Removed some more gold from the wheels...mainly the spokes...
I decided im going to paint these gunmetal grey

And i decided im an idiot and i want to paint the bearing cups and clear the bike :roll:

 

[KOTA]

Each bike you do gets BETTER and BETTER! For such a "young" guy, you've got a lot of talent. I think that you are a force to reckoned with, in this build off, and any other build off to come! 8)

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Each bike you do gets BETTER and BETTER! For such a "young" guy, you've got a lot of talent. I think that you are a force to reckoned with, in this build off, and any other build off to come! 8)

Thanks kota...means alot to me

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

I seriously worked all day on this bike..yesterday too
Tomorrow im going to touch up the paint were the "Rack"(ladder) scratched it, and start painting the wheels.
What im doing to the wheels is smoothing the hubs best i can and sanding each and every spoke down...
Theyre gonna go gun metal grey or maybe red

Which one?

 

[KOTA]

GREY!......Whitewalls?

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

GREY!......Whitewalls?

Not sure...probably not whitewalls
Im looking for tires right now

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

From electra:
Maybe the redline street racer tires
theres a retrorunner with a brownwall...which could look interesting, but probably not on this bike

From Nirve:
Maybe those badass tires...
But i dont know if i want TOO much muscle going with this thing

Where else i sthere cool tires?
besides felt

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Ugh...
Rain

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

I would have never geussed the front hub is bendix....since when do they make front hubs?

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Jeeez...this spray thinner is working wonders...
I actually found CHROME on the front wheel

Im too lazy to take the wheel apart so, this is amazing

 

[langsmer]

The bike is a prewar Cleveland Welding made for the Farber Bicycle CO for sure. The drop stand ears were something they dropped after the war. I have a bike almost exactly like yours, just tank model and very beginning of postwar construction. They still had the dogleg crank right after the war.

The fenders a pretty hard to find actually. I believe they were originally from a Roadmaster Luxury Liner (also a CWC bike).

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

The bike is a prewar Cleveland Welding made for the Farber Bicycle CO for sure. The drop stand ears were something they dropped after the war. I have a bike almost exactly like yours, just tank model and very beginning of postwar construction. They still had the dogleg crank right after the war.

The fenders a pretty hard to find actually. I believe they were originally from a Roadmaster Luxury Liner (also a CWC bike).

yeah, i watched boardtrack fan pull em off a roadmaster...somethingorother...it was a ladies bike with a chrome tank and that weird springer fork(which i also have...lol)

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Ok...
Ive got a fork which needs some work, its a monarch fork...Should get it about 2 weeks from now..
Then im supposed to be getting a chainguard...If Rat Royale agrees to hold it for me...(thanks if he do)

 

[Jimbo1959]

Nice job! Love the look of the frame.

I was in your neck of the woods today. Stopped in at the Water Street Antique Mall to see the "antique bikes". Just curious, what is your opinion of this place? And of the "antique bikes"?

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Nice job! Love the look of the frame.

I was in your neck of the woods today. Stopped in at the Water Street Antique Mall to see the "antique bikes". Just curious, what is your opinion of this place? And of the "antique bikes"?

Thanks!
Sent you a PM

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

OK

maybe ill get the wheels painted tomorrow and ill have a new fork in the mail tomorrow too

Pictures in the fresh finds later