Pope and a salamander

[Walker]

Picked up this 40's Westfield built Pope today. Unfortunate about the house paint and microdrive 1/2" pitch drivetrain swap but the other goodies make up for it.

and I dug this guy up yesterday while doing some dirtwork. biggest one I've found so far, aparently they can grow up to 12" long. Not expecially rare but they are a good indicator of a healty forest or wetland

 

[rico]

Nice Pope :!: , you are a lucky Man :mrgreen:

 

[Spokeshave]

Cool bike. Those handle bars are boss.

 

[pkh1974]

Nice tiger salamander.
The bike's cool too!

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I've never seen a salamander that big.

 

[54shadow]

Hmmmm, "The Salamander," sounds like a good name for a RatBike project.

 

[Slingshot Dude]

wow that salamander is neat. we only have 2 species around here though and they are rare! :shock:

 

[Walker]

I should have put a tape measure on him (her?)(it?), somewhere between 6-7" long though. I was in the backhoe digging a drainage ditch and when I swung the bucket over to my pile and there was spotty sitting on top.

It took a few weeks to secure the Pope, bit of a drive too but I'm happy. It would be neat to know the story behind the drivetrain, did the skiptooth chain break? Were the hills too steep?

the shop also had a blue mens Schwinn Speedster 3 speed for sale but the last one I had (coppertone) was as clean or maybe better and I couldn't flip it for any more than they were selling for so I passed.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Wow, that Pope is SWEET! :mrgreen: My Dad and I would love to have a project like that

 

[Walker]

yellow pokadots is the new flat black

 

[scott brownsey]

the pope is awsum and lil gater is cool