Running a little behind here.
I'm throwing my recently acquired PAU OPER, retired, work-bike into the ring.
Some of you guys look like y'all are almost done....with several page threads.
Not too late to enter is it?
Last night, while I finally had a chance to take it apart, I had a good brain-fart on how I wanted it to look.
I want to keep the same feel and look of the bike, but not have it be just another rustoration.
Gotta rod it up.
As found at Helotes Bicycle, Helotes, Texas.
I still need to investigate the history of this bike.
I have strong leads.
These will probably buff out...hahahaha.
Not a whole lot can be reused here.
Most all bearings were gone.
I think I'm going to take advantage of this little girl for some of her goodies....'62 Western Flyer.
I want to get the frame media blasted.
I have a couple leads here in town.
I just don't have time to strip it myself....plus I hate doing that. :mrgreen:
We'll see how it cleans up.
Now I'm off to pull a leaky radiator out of our Oldsmobuick.
I'm throwing my recently acquired PAU OPER, retired, work-bike into the ring.
Some of you guys look like y'all are almost done....with several page threads.
Not too late to enter is it?
Last night, while I finally had a chance to take it apart, I had a good brain-fart on how I wanted it to look.
I want to keep the same feel and look of the bike, but not have it be just another rustoration.
Gotta rod it up.
![100_6720.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ca3/ca355c986b6e2780c0ea9e9a6ca13f00.jpg)
As found at Helotes Bicycle, Helotes, Texas.
![100_6749.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d0b/d0becf5e63a223d0a2689c00d24ff407.jpg)
I still need to investigate the history of this bike.
I have strong leads.
![100_6750.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d59/d59c0e41ca221ce985d9fbc1e0b98d8e.jpg)
![100_6797.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/efb/efbc5e485bd921ae0be5db74cc36e8c3.jpg)
These will probably buff out...hahahaha.
![100_6795.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4a3/4a3f6d5ab78b77fbb30bf48698b72762.jpg)
Not a whole lot can be reused here.
Most all bearings were gone.
![100_6796.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b09/b09a9ac40843a635bf5bad223744f26b.jpg)
I think I'm going to take advantage of this little girl for some of her goodies....'62 Western Flyer.
I want to get the frame media blasted.
I have a couple leads here in town.
I just don't have time to strip it myself....plus I hate doing that. :mrgreen:
We'll see how it cleans up.
Now I'm off to pull a leaky radiator out of our Oldsmobuick.