My wife's Fire Cat...

[rfeagleye]

A few years ago I bought a Murray Fire Cat locally...mostly because it had Huffy rims and tires on it My wife saw it and said she liked it, and wanted me to restore it for her to ride at swap meets and stuff.

I started restoring it in November last year. I knew I wouldn't finish before the MBBO so I didn't enter and just kept working on it. Welp, I finished today. She is REALLY happy with how it turned out!

 

[Jsparks]

That is beautiful, What a great job.

 

[madsapper]

Nice job!

 

[Jaxon]

Man that looks like it just came from the store. What a Great Job and Present! That's how you restore a bike!

 

[ODDER]

Very cool man!

 

[CRASH]

Gorgeous! Too bad there isn't a build thread. I would love to see the "Before" pic!

 

[johnp.smith]

I could only wish I had a bike that nice. It looks brand new.

Awesome Job

 

[rfeagleye]

Thanks guys! I am super happy with the way it turned out.

I thought I had a before picture or two from when I bought it but couldn't find them. I emailed the guy I bought it from and he said he would look for some he had. He's a Caber and keeps his old pics.

The bike has all original parts with the exception of the kickstand. I couldn't find a good original replacement. This one is the same look, but the stand is thinner.

Lot's of NOS parts went on her and a perfect recover of the original seat pan by my friend Joe. He can pretty much make any banana seat look brand new.

 

[Old Scool]

Beautiful job, what a great restoration! Apparently you have a pretty cool wife also.

 

[CRASH]

...and a perfect recover of the original seat pan by my friend Joe. He can pretty much make any banana seat look brand new.

Is there a way to contact Joe directly, or can we just work stuff out through you?

 

[rfeagleye]

He just did it one off for me, he sells only on eBay otherwise. He has a 9-5 and doesn't have time to do a lot of them so he just sells on eBay.

 

[poorman]

Wow looks great nice job. Do you have any before pics?

Poorman

 

[Chad T]

Super ridiculous attention to details there buddy. Love it. Beautiful job. She's a lucky gal.

Did Joe paint that cover too? Seat looks amazing.

 

[KJV]

EXCELLENT WORK

 

[Fv2]

Super ridiculous attention to details there buddy. Love it. Beautiful job. She's a lucky gal.

Did Joe paint that cover too? Seat looks amazing.

I was wondering about the seat myself, that's definitely not an off the shelf pattern. But man it (and the whole bike) looks darn good.

 

[Irocit]

Outstanding work on a great looking bike! How old is it?