my first rat rod

[murraymadman]

here is my rat rod i built. frame is a columbia, fork is springer from murray, wheels and crank-sprocket from schwinn, and lots of other items i had laying around. distressed paint. let me know what you think!!!<a href="http://s730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/murraymadman/?action=view&current=104_3965.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/murraymadman/104_3965.jpg" border="0" alt="rat rod bicycle"></a>

 

[Markm]

 

[Unchained]

Beautiful! And I love the Rollfast, too. I actually am going to pm you about that in a moment.

Nice bikes.

 

[murraymadman]

close up of rear fender.

 

[murraymadman]

another pic of rear fender.

 

[elvis51]

dude are those fenders made out of copper? they like kinda like a homemade type of fender. VERY RAT!!! nice rides.

Easy E

 

[murraymadman]

yeah, it is copper. i cut a strip out of a roll of copper flashing and beat it into submission with a ball ping and fiberglass hammer. as you can tell i wasn't going for the "smooth" look. i usually don't run fenders, but i thought this fit the bike's look pretty good. thanks for the comments!

 

[elvis51]

well whatever you did, made it look awesome! very fitting for that bike!

Easy e

 

[murraymadman]

thought i would add where the "poore boys bike" comes from that is on the sign in between the bars. that is my last name and i work on bikes out of my shop at home. i repair anything, but my passion is the old ones. restore, custom, rat, original, buy sell trade.

 

[rgallen]

Flashing looks flashy. Love the hammered look. Gotta love dem maginations. Nice job.

 

[lobsterboyx]

love that fork!

 

[roadmaster]

wicked homemade fender! like the bikes and well, love the rollfast.

 

[Crank Drager]

Before

After

Here's my very first bike I've ever built. It's a '63ish Schwinn typhoon. It also has the 3 band 2 speed kickback which I got working like a dream. It's all Schwinn from the barrings to the schwinn stamped grips. The bars are obviously after market but the rest is original. The fender was mashed up so I did what I could and spike bobbed off the rest.

 

[Crank Drager]

Next in line. My pre-war Schwinn Excelsior. I got big plans but keeping it all original for the most part. I'm thinkin boartrack racer for sure.

 

[JoeyMac]

Welcome to the forum Crank Drager, but you might want to post an intro thread and maybe start a thread for your bikes. Cool stuff though, where'd you get them tall apes?

 

[JoeyMac]

oh and I meant to say, Murraymadman, your bikes are perfect!

 

[murraymadman]

Hey crankdragger! Is it true you learned everything you know from some guy named "socko" back in Indiana?!

 

[murraymadman]

Thanks joeymac, it's cool to post pics and see how much everyone else likes your bikes and ideas not to mention getting so many great ideas from everyone else!!!

 

[murraymadman]

i bought the rollfast from a guy who bought it new, so i am the second owner. i got the horn and light working, threw on some new tubes and used argyle tires i had and it rides the best out of all my bikes! it is rusty, but it looks too cool to touch, at least for now.

 

[jojobiker13]

Good stuff man, I like the copper!!