Manton & Smith Going Street Rod Style

[jalopyjimmy13]

Re: Manton & Smith Gold Eagle Pacer Seat Done

nice job on seat i hope i get to see some of these illinois bikes this year at some shows or rides

 

[XC204]

Stripped the fork and frame this morning getting it ready to go Street Rod style powder coat light rims maybe 2spd kick back hub . Going to have the great guys at Heritage Bicycles do the powder in a sea foam green color like Gregv did . Used aircraft stripper worked well.
Gregv's build. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=69399&p=709272#p709272
Heritage Bicycles. http://www.heritagebicycles.com/

 

[kingfish254]

Do you know any history on these Manton and Smith bikes?
I have a frame that is supposed to be a M&S, but I can't find much about them.

 

[XC204]

Other than made in Chicago that's about it. Gregv has some examples on this post viewtopic.php?f=6&t=69399&p=709272#p709272
Let me know if you are going to sell your frame.

 

[kingfish254]

Here is the one I have. I only have the frame. It has the curved second tube like yours.

 

[XC204]

Clean frame and fork. Note the cool welds Gas welds?

 

[deven_science]

Re: Manton & Smith Going Street Rod Style

Could be gas, but I would guess TIG.

 

[deorman]

Looks like electric stacking to me, pretty likely some kind of gas involved. http://www.used-robots.com/articles.php?tag=2986

 

[XC204]

Did some dent filling in the chainstays and picked a powdercoat color RAL 7003 moss grey. Tried Tig Braising on the dents with silfloss as the filler
seemed to work pretty good and no messy flux to slobber on.

Dents

Filled

Filled and color sample

 

[XC204]

Got some parts in new black riser bars with a clamp on cross brace from china, a SR stem
That I polished , new headset and bottom bracket and coming soon from Wisconsin a Skip Tooth
Seat from member Crankset Leathers. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74011&p=719684#p719684
I'm going with a set of Venice 3G wheels in matt black from the site. I have to hand it to
3G customer service...I emailed asking dropout width as it is not specked on our site or theirs
I got a reply in 15 min from Gary Silva himself from his smart phone! Very cool tech dept.

 

[XC204]

Skipton dropped by with a frame fix job on his Monark frame and to pick up the M& S to bring to the powder coater/ Heritage Bicycles in the city.
While he was here I powder coated my seat frame in anticipation of the new seat from Crankset Leathers...it's already done and will go out in the mail Mon.
If only I had remembered to give Skipton my fork!

 

[XC204]

Got my seat today...Wow! excelent quality very cool design. Chris called to find out what length SS studs I wanted and made to order. The seat was packeged for a 30 ft drop test I got in on the sale but won't have a problem at fll price for further builds. Thanks again Chris. Oh and I forgot when i opened the box I had this nostalgic feeling...it was memorys of childhood visits to he shoe repair shop thanks for that new leather smell!

Skiptons frame all welded up and on its way to work for a friend to bring to Chicago for Skip.

 

[XC204]

Powder coated some things this morning one was this handle bar cross brace from China $6.95 free shipping! when it came in about a week it was pretty crude
silver anodized with burrs on every hole and edge smoothed it all and sand blasted it then gave it the matt black powder coat. I decided to go a chrome riser bar
instead of the black glossy bar.

 

[3 wheeled wolfy]

Cool! If your transporting stuff bike-only you should get a trike.

 

[XC204]

At least a trailer

 

[3 wheeled wolfy]

Surly "Big dummy".

 

[Skipton]

Gray,
I dropped off your M&S frame and fork today at Heritage.
Can't wait to see it done.

Check out the cool sign painting.

Thanks for welding up my Monark looks great.

 

[XC204]

Cool sign glad to see those guys doing well. Thanks again for dropping off the frame. Funny story on the "drop" when my friend Dan told his wife
He drought something into the city for someone to pickup she got all paranoid and wanted to know if he knew me well and did he really know what was
In the package! She's acuity girl Dan's a small town boy.she wanted to make sure he didn't get duped into some weird drug drop!

 

[oldgreaser]

Check out the cool sign painting.

Sure the sign is cool but, did you get a hair-cut ?

 

[Skipton]

OG,
Good eyes I was wondering who would be the first to notice the haircut sign.

Stole this pic from Heritage Bicycles Instagram.

I had to get to work no haircut for me.
Also look at the progress on the wall sign
The guy got it all done on Sunday.

How it looked Monday morning