Re: SAVAGE - its mine now!
We had to head back up to Quincy a couple of weeks sooner than expected. The first stop we made was at the little old gas station where I first saw this bike stacked up against a pile of tires surrounded by wasps nests. The little old couple that run the place were sitting inside when I walked up. Funny thing is, they looked at me like I was crazy before I even opened my mouth. We got to talking and I asked about the old bike out back. His eyes lit up and he said, "I've had that thing for over
50 years. I bought it for my daughter when she was going to UC Davis. She rode it for a few years until she bought a car, then had no use for it. Its been sitting out back for nearly
35 years." We chatted some more and eventually some cash exchanged hands and it was mine. He didn't know much about the bike and said it was used when he bought it. He was happy to see it go, and asked if I fix it up real nice, would I bring it by to show him. Of course I told him I'd be happy to.
My plan is to fix it up for my girlfriend. Although the skip tooth set up might find its way onto one of my other projects :mrgreen: .
We were driving the Honda, so I had to do a little curb side tear down. Fit like a glove :roll:
Once I got it home, I put it back together to snap some good pictures:
Blacked out New Departure front hub.
Bendix rear hub. The rims are mismatched, so I'm not sure which one would be original to the bike.....?
Rusted stiff skip tooth.
The pedals have a "crown" symbol on the end caps.
After getting through 4 layers of paint, I revealed some numbers:
04-EH 99769. I'm definitely going to need some help identifying this thing!!
