Rusty Firestone Pilot W/Serial Number?

[MazdaFlyer]

Found this rusty girls Firestone Pilot hiding out with old Western Flyer tires. Some of the original blue paint is evident along with accent striping. The chainguard wraps around to enclose the backside of chainring. It has a New Departure Model D hub and painted rims. The others I've seen have had chrome drop center rims. The saddle is void of a cover. I tried to detect a serial number on the bottom bracket but it is pretty rusty on the bottom. Skip tooth drive train with adjusting screws. I'm assuming it is late 40's?

 

[jaydub]

Re: Rusty Firestone Pilot

Seeing how no one has commented on it what are your plans for it..?..

 

[MazdaFlyer]

Re: Rusty Firestone Pilot

Seeing how no one has commented on it what are your plans for it..?..

I did some cleanup and adjustments today, luckily no frozen bolts. I added an old kickstand, some tires and new tubes, rim strips, took out few dents and bends also. I have the chain soaking in order to free up a couple of sticky links.
I have another seat and a very old basket that I need to make some bar brackets for mounting.
At this point the goal is to get it ride ready for a swap meet in April.

 

[MazdaFlyer]

Re: Rusty Firestone Pilot

Wish this were a boys bike, but it is what it is. I added some parts out of my stash today. Had some old grips, a springer saddle from Tin Machine, and an old basket from an 30's Rollfast eBay bike purchase. Had to do a couple of makeshift brackets for the basket and a seat post shim in order to mount the modern seat. Still need to finish cleaning the chain. Couple of updated pics.

 

[jaydub]

Re: Rusty Firestone Pilot

I see looks a lot better :wink: Good work

 

[sleepy]

Re: Rusty Firestone Pilot

Very nice bike 8) ...and nice work on the basket brackets. 8)

 

[MazdaFlyer]

Re: Rusty Firestone Pilot

Not seeing any evidence of a serial number on the bottom bracket. Did notice a stamped number on the seat post bracket. 0H196789
Any clues to mfg date

Been too cold to mess with chain.