Spaceliner

[idiotboy]

I picked this bike up at the Dudley swap meet last fall for 85 bucks

it was mostly complete but really rusty and both pedals were broken. Strange thing is the frame was chrome plated under what I'm pretty sure was the original paint, were all painted spaceliners like this? Anyway a couple days with a wire wheel and some steel wool and I had this

some wood bleach and simple green got all the small parts shiny

and then came nasty evil winter, lots of overtime, ice racing and no ambition to work in the cold cold cellar. Then it got back burnered for my Christmas present bike and then the build off bike and sat just like that til this weekend. I had to work Friday night but got up early Saturday to sand prime and paint, my least favorite part of bike building!! All the chrome parts were rusty so I painted what was chrome either silver or metallic black. Here's the start of reassembly

when I ordered the handlebars I wasn't really paying attention so I got bars with a 7/8 center luckily I had a bmx stem in the parts pile a quick trip to the hardware store for some black button head Allen bolts to replace the fender and rack rivets I drilled out and here she is

I only had time for a 5 minute test ride before work

but I think it's mostly done

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[Black Top Roller]

I picked this bike up at the Dudley swap meet last fall for 85 bucks

it was mostly complete but really rusty and both pedals were broken. Strange thing is the frame was chrome plated under what I'm pretty sure was the original paint, were all painted spaceliners like this? Anyway a couple days with a wire wheel and some steel wool and I had this

some wood bleach and simple green got all the small parts shiny

and then came nasty evil winter, lots of overtime, ice racing and no ambition to work in the cold cold cellar. Then it got back burnered for my Christmas present bike and then the build off bike and sat just like that til this weekend. I had to work Friday night but got up early Saturday to sand prime and paint, my least favorite part of bike building!! All the chrome parts were rusty so I painted what was chrome either silver or metallic black. Here's the start of reassembly

when I ordered the handlebars I wasn't really paying attention so I got bars with a 7/8 center luckily I had a bmx stem in the parts pile a quick trip to the hardware store for some black button head Allen bolts to replace the fender and rack rivets I drilled out and here she is

I only had time for a 5 minute test ride before work

but I think it's mostly done

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Joel,most excellent job,nice bike candy,maybe if you ever get down this way I'll get mine outta the mothballs and we bike up some mileage.I run mine with a "Big Mo" sprocket and Bendix 2 speed like my Torpedo and is scary fast!

 

[Black Top Roller]

Joel,here's a couple pics of my SL,put a set of wings on it and she'll fly with the sprocket and 2 speed.I really like the curves of the Spaceliner frame,very cool. Mabey we can get a few more people down here for a Spaceliner or Flightliner pub crawl

 

[Mike G]

To quote the Wolverine's brother upon first seeing his claws... "Ew, Shiny!"
Some nice bikes here, Spaceliners ain't my cup of tea, but I still appreciate the futuristic design when you consider when these were produced.

You guy's should get your Spaceliners (and anybody else who has one) and put on some green spandex and then hit Roswell for the UFO fest... that would be an over the top cool pic!

 

[Black Top Roller]

To quote the Wolverine's brother upon first seeing his claws... "Ew, Shiny!"
Some nice bikes here, Spaceliners ain't my cup of tea, but I still appreciate the futuristic design when you consider when these were produced.

You guy's should get your Spaceliners (and anybody else who has one) and put on some green spandex and then hit Roswell for the UFO fest... that would be an over the top cool pic!

I don't look good in regular Levi jeans,green spandex will have us arrested or is that what you've been thinking!! Roswell here we come less green spandex of course!!

 

[Mike G]

I don't look good in regular Levi jeans,green spandex will have us arrested or is that what you've been thinking!! Roswell here we come less green spandex of course!!

Hey... Nah, nah! If you ain't going all the way (green spandex) what's the point of taking a photo...
Alright, maybe if everybody wears Spook ears?!

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Hey Joel! After seeing your comment on my thread I had to check your bike out. Looks great! Nice resto-mod! How long did you soak the parts in wood bleach for?

 

[ZygoteLittle]

Another Grand Slam Joel! That Space Liner is awesome; your choice of color and perseverance has paid off Big Time – well done! A black and silver Space Liner – now how is that!

 

[jdloniak]

Very nice!!!! both bikes.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Love the black with it, nice touch!

Luke.

 

[idiotboy]

Hey Joel! After seeing your comment on my thread I had to check your bike out. Looks great! Nice resto-mod! How long did you soak the parts in wood bleach for?

Nick usually overnight is long enough, sometimes 2 days if the rust is really bad


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[idiotboy]

Thanks for the compliments guys! I've got a rat trap for it but it needs work and I have to find the correct front fender and brace for it, or modify the ones I've got so I guess it's not done yet...


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[Black Top Roller]

I'd be the coolest thing to get some of these Spaceliners on the trail together for some miles.Mabey everyone will have theirs done for an early fall bike run ,Oh Oh gotta start looking for some missing parts!!

 

[idiotboy]

Well it rained all morning so I took the rat trap apart, wire wheeled off the green paint, and cleaned and greased the pivot bolts, now I'm calling it done for real

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[LukeTheJoker]

Really nice!

Luke.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Looks good!