Cheers! And I'd thought I'd post here first to let you lot know what type of maniac you approved to join your forum! YOU FOOLS! 
*Ahem* 
A little bit about me.
I am welder by trade I suffer from that dastardly "Can never leave anything stock or normal" disease. I live in Isanti, MN in a small rural town with an overcrowded population of slightly north of 5500. Yeah its a big town.. I grew up in St.Paul where I cut my teeth on tinkering on vintage VW's and my true pride in joy a 1962 black Tiger Schwinn I saved from being scrapped.(was always in the alleyway and the day I asked was the day the guys wife was pressuring him to get it the f' out of there! So I got the bike for free, he inflated the tires and off I went. ) It was, is, and will forever be that bike I love. It is good condition and just needs a rear tire and a tube. I will eventually get to that.
My fiance rides daily to work a Monark girls bike that used to be my mother's which we rescued from goodwill during a 99 cent day. She loves it and shares my philosophy of the old stuff is usually better then the new stuff (A few exceptions to the rule)
I own a few other bikes including an unknown make bike from the 1950's that splits in half, I saw an 1950's "THE CITY OF THE FUTURE" black and white movie reel featuring the exact same bike in it. It's another goodwill for dirt cheap find back when goodwill wasn't selling bikes for 30 bucks a pop.
Now the real reason why I am here and thing in the title. My fiancee bought me a 1950's fire stone for 20 bucks at a garage sale we went too. We were all on bikes too so we ended up having to hold this bike inbetween ours as we biked away. I learned it was a firestone only by comparing it to my fiance's monark and the fact the forks were identical. I went entirely off of the sprocket since the front wheel on it was a schwinn wheel. The bike was stripped of anything original and it was painted a rattle can red, and boy this bike has been through heck and back. (Became regular transportation for me) Now its going to be reborn as something a bit insane. I purchased a 1930's-1940's briggs and stratton motor and a moped fork. So this bike is going to be motorized and hopefully end up as transportation once again.
*Ahem* A little bit about me.I am welder by trade I suffer from that dastardly "Can never leave anything stock or normal" disease. I live in Isanti, MN in a small rural town with an overcrowded population of slightly north of 5500. Yeah its a big town.. I grew up in St.Paul where I cut my teeth on tinkering on vintage VW's and my true pride in joy a 1962 black Tiger Schwinn I saved from being scrapped.(was always in the alleyway and the day I asked was the day the guys wife was pressuring him to get it the f' out of there! So I got the bike for free, he inflated the tires and off I went. ) It was, is, and will forever be that bike I love. It is good condition and just needs a rear tire and a tube. I will eventually get to that.
My fiance rides daily to work a Monark girls bike that used to be my mother's which we rescued from goodwill during a 99 cent day. She loves it and shares my philosophy of the old stuff is usually better then the new stuff (A few exceptions to the rule)
I own a few other bikes including an unknown make bike from the 1950's that splits in half, I saw an 1950's "THE CITY OF THE FUTURE" black and white movie reel featuring the exact same bike in it. It's another goodwill for dirt cheap find back when goodwill wasn't selling bikes for 30 bucks a pop.
Now the real reason why I am here and thing in the title. My fiancee bought me a 1950's fire stone for 20 bucks at a garage sale we went too. We were all on bikes too so we ended up having to hold this bike inbetween ours as we biked away. I learned it was a firestone only by comparing it to my fiance's monark and the fact the forks were identical. I went entirely off of the sprocket since the front wheel on it was a schwinn wheel. The bike was stripped of anything original and it was painted a rattle can red, and boy this bike has been through heck and back. (Became regular transportation for me) Now its going to be reborn as something a bit insane. I purchased a 1930's-1940's briggs and stratton motor and a moped fork. So this bike is going to be motorized and hopefully end up as transportation once again.
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I got the headlight and the speedo for her. It has been through quite a bit of tires. Oh yes that's a question I may need to ask about finding proper size tires for these older bikes.
(On a serious much thanks to Falstaff. My build wouldn't be as fired up if it wasn't for him.) IF anybody else wants to clean out their garage of bike parts I'll pay for shipping!
( I fear I may have opened up a can of worms there 
