TLDR; I'm an Indian Giving D-Bag.
So the the only real progress this weekend was organizational- got out in the garage and did some cleaning, sometimes that's the most important thing to cast into relief what you actually need to prioritize when you have just way to many projects all going on at the same time. Good news: lots of progress was made; bad news, I'm a jerk. As I get things to the point where can start looking at bicycle parts, I start grinding rivets off fender stays and start selecting fenders for DX #2. Front fender? No problem, of the six fenders I have (three rear three front, all razor edge) one rear is pre-war and went with the '41 frame I gave my old man. Of the three fronts, two are post war springers, an one a regular short dimple ducktail, and clearly in the best condition, so that's the one I'll use right? On to the rear. Of the two remaining rears, one is hammered, one is ok, so the ok one it is. But... and there's always a but. The little ridge stamped along the edge where the metal curls under is different than the front. And I'm just the kind of nerd who, not matter how nice a bike I build, the VERY FIRST THING my eye will ALWAYS be drawn to when I look at the bike is that one franking 1/16 difference in the radius in the stamping in the fenders. And since I was planning on powder coating them, Bondo is not an option. So I look at the edges of the other fenders and of course, as luck would have it, I do in fact have an exactly matching pair of stamping and edges, identical in every way, clearly from the same bike based on house-paint forensics, and of course they are the most hammered examples of each. Peachy. And they are double dimple fenders, which means now I have to come up with truss rods which is money I wasn't planning on spending. Double peachy. Double and now I have to find someone with much, much more talent with metal then I, and prolly even a fender roller. Type II Diabetes Sugar Coma Inducing Cobbler peachy. So In this process I'm looking at the fenders and decide that the simple fender is most likely prewar, and so I text my dad, 'don't worry about the front fender, I have one, we just need to change the dimple'.
Time goes by, I keep cleaning.
Over the course of the day I randomly place my one pre-war fork in my other '40-41 frame hanging on the wall. At some point it catches my eye that the steerer is really, really short. So I go to the shelf, tap in a couple cups, slap together a headset, and lo and behold, my one pre-war fork is from a standard non-truss model bike, and my one pre-war front fender is too, even though clearly from different bikes. And there's a guy on ePay with NOS rear pre-war (ladies) fenders this week. Guess who just texted his old man to tell him he's keeping his pre-war front fender.
Eek gads I'm a jerk.
