Son's 1st rat rod build... a '62 Typhoon

[Lewie]

My 14 yr old boy Mike fell in love & bought a 62 Typhoon for $60 at the Links & Kinks bike show near Dayton last summer. It was the first bike he bought himself & he couldn't wait to take it apart & fix it up! In fact we took it apart so fast (that night) that we forgot to take before pics! Funny, he couldn't sleep for the next few nights thinking about what he was going to do with the bike. Who hasn't done that? Lol

It had a decent spray bomb job over the original blue paint but he wanted to give it his own fresh coat. I taught him how to prep the frame for paint, and then a quick course on how to spray paint. I think he did a great job for his 1st paint job! That's him prepping the frame.

I helped him out with some parts I had laying around & bought a few for him too (couldn't resist helping fuel the love of the build).

Parts include: Al's bars, coke grips, Worksman rear wheel, new front wheel, Quick Brick tires, new chain, BMX pedals, Slowriderz layback post & a Felt cruiser saddle. Everything else original.

It's a smooth & quiet ride. I tried to trade one of my bikes for it & he said never! Haha! Thinks he's going to take it to college with him someday. It was an awesome project. Now my 11 yr old daughter wants to do a build lol

 

[Wildcat]

The bike looks great! Black on black works. It's a one year bike by the way, the Typhoon went to a cantilever frame after it's first year in 62. Previous models had that twin bar frame earlier.

 

[Bicycle808]

Looks great... that's the best post-war Schwinn frame, in my opinion, and your son did awesome with it. Just ask him to please flip the seat guts.

 

[Lewie]

He's saying thanks for the comments! I reeeally like that frame too. Said he'd flip the seat guts tomorrow!

 

[imthegrt1]

I like those tires and seat go good with bike.what size are the tires.


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[Lewie]

Tires are regular 26 x 2.125. The seat's comfy too. Our 3rd one so far.

 

[slowriderz]

Very clean build!!!

 

[user 16077]

I like the simplicity of it, he'll have the raddest bike on the block. Tell him I say awesome job..

-J Wolf

 

[Lewie]

Thanks & will do!

 

[Cruiser5]

$60.00 to start? What a deal! Looks awesome! That is a really cool bike.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Great work!

Luke.

 

[Cruiser5]

Same 1950's frame runs $250.00 ish around here.

 

[ndaway]

looks great!! My daughter has one i built with her a couple of years ago

 

[ralphy]

looks great, i dig the "stealth" look!!! 14 yo? what do you feed him, he's build like a grown man already!!!

 

[DGuff]

This might be my favorite build

 

[jlr551CFD]

Great job kid!

 

[Wolf Creative Customs]

Bike looks great!!! Got a bike build off with my kid and I think he took me down...Fun stuff tho...

 

[Gdcast]

Very cool!!

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

that is a darn nice first build.

 

[raggedjim]

Nice bike, I've always liked those frames. If he takes it to college get a good lock, more bikes stolen on college campus than anywhere else.

Rg