My Bday trash finds.

[Hsean]

So theres also a nice story.
On the way home from work I seen a weird looking thing on the side of the road, I've yet to still know what it is, looks like a neat coffe maker, I plan on making it into a steam engin thin, it makes a great boiler lol.

So anyway I went home and accepted my Bday dinner and card and a gift and said, screw this, I wanna better gift to myself lol so went garbage picking, a hour into Garbage picking I noticed my new lock I bought fell off my bike, So I backtracked a few mins back and picked it up then looked beside, me, I scratched my head wondering how I missed this bicycle lol It's like the bike pulled the lock off my bike so I could save him! Anyway it's a 5 speed suicide shifting Glider! it's in super good shape!! oh the lights work to, it lighted my way home lol

 

[jaydub]

Thats a Cappuccino machine ... That wand will make steam to froth the milk.. :wink:

 

[Hsean]

I thought it looked familer, and now it's my boiler, it works very good too. Wonder if it's old, it looks old but it has plastic under it.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Awesome way to find a bike. I find A LOT of bikes just out riding around. I have started taking my trailer around with my bike in case I hit a mother load of bikes. I've hauled as many as 10 bikes at a time on it just had to go slow with it. I just cram them in the shed quick and go right back out looking, then the next morning I wake up extra early and look through them. Pick now look and polish later.

 

[Hsean]

Thats what I do, One long night ride. but I bring bike locks and lock the bikes togeather so I can keep going easly and fast. and then one in morning. I like this glider though, I hope it looks alright in daylight to, I know the headlamp's chrome is dead

 

[outskirtscustoms]

I know the headlamp's chrome is dead

Don't be so certain, mine looked horrible but a little WD-40 and steel wool and it came right off.

 

[Hsean]

The pic dosn't show the behind of the lamp, there is no chrome. lol it's peeled right off, I find that weird though given the condition of the bike, I have another shell somewhere though, I might just paint it though, I think i'll keep this bike, maybe upgrade the rims and brakes

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Yeah cheap china chrome...lol. I'd say that sounds like a plan. I just got in a Raleigh that I might part out that has some nice brakes if you'd be interested.

 

[Hsean]

I have a very nice pair of brakes that I scavenged that where in pieces but are nice that I reassembled them, of course making a few pieces for em. as for rims, my mom's bike that has deep V rims is stored here, today they went missing!!!! and a crappy pair went on lol

 

[Walker]

Now you can have a cup of cuppuccino after dinner and stay up all night hunting bikes :shock:

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Now you can have a cup of cuppuccino after dinner and stay up all night hunting bikes :shock:

Sounds like a plan :mrgreen:

 

[Hsean]

This is why I hoard broken headlamps that are missing pieces, or other headlamps, because of this I found another shell in my shed! just needs the mount repaired now, i'll keep the other shell because it would make a great ratrod light.
This is why you never throw any bike lighting out.

Heres how I started.

Heres finished product.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

wow that is rusted worse than i thought, I always keep and old light stuff laying around, my back light on the bootlegger was made from an old dashboard compass, a clip on led light, and a taillight lens from a '59 caddy.

 

[mattyfu]

Happy garbage day tooo youuuu! :lol:

 

[Hsean]

The bootlegger is a neat bicycle, old car parts make awesome parts to use. It was a happy garbage day to me lol because I just finished cleaning and repacking bearings! feast your eyes on this finished product.

 

[jaydub]

Now thats Sweet..Color is cool and that chain guard is the bomb..nice ride..! :wink:

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Thanks, the bootlegger began as just a no-budget rat rod and started to evolve into a rat rod. Yours turned out nice, I had a great day of picking myself. Check it out:

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[mattyfu]

I totally never noticed how cool the chainguard was until it was cleaned up, looks great!

 

[Hsean]

Tonights Garbage night was alright, got a old ccm and a crappy mountain bike. I might keep this bike, i'll upgrade a few parts first.

 

[jonown88]

I totally never noticed how cool the chainguard was until it was cleaned up, looks great!

its too cool i have noticed very much. 8)