Scrap yard finds

[oddrodal]

Saved a few to hopefully get them back on the road again!

Eastern chopper? looks like a Raleigh to me. with backwards bent fork and pretty crusty

Columbia play bike 1968 ruff and missing the 3spd rear wheel, has a coaster on it

Mongoose expert year?

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[tanksalot]

I wish I could find scraped bikes like that ! Why do people toss stuff like that Geez the shifters are good if nothing else. Nice job saving them..

 

[Moshnmore]

Nice. Chopper should be raleigh made. Is that stem bent too? Poor thing had a rough life

 

[oddrodal]

tanksalot... one man's scrap is another man's diamond in the ruff!!. the shifters are in good shape. The playbike will be a pretty easy fix but the chopper that's another story, don't know if the fork can be saved and finding another might be tuff + a chain guard.

Moshnmore... good eye, it is bent but I have a stem. only eastern bikes I have seen is BMX stuff but I also think it's Raleigh made. here's a pic. of the head badge if some one might know something about it .

 

[pkh1974]

The fork isn't bent its just backwards. Should be an easy fix.
You're making me want to take a trip to the scrapyard

 

[heartlandcruisers]

nice score!!!
i am pretty sure that chopper is a Raleigh chopper just badged differently but i could be wrong.
that play bike is in good shape just needs a lil love.
the mongoose expert was a nice bike back in it's day
you could prolly sell that frame as it sits for 100 bucks and someone would pay it
or build it up and keep it
i believe the expert is mid 80's possible very early 90's
loop tail tells me it is 80's which are very desirable.
awesome score man wish i found stuff like that int he scrap heaps
Sean