nobangmycar Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 So was wasting time on the interwebs the other and ended up buying this cheap: Then when I turn up to pick it up the GC I bought it from says "you want this?" So naturally after spending ages yarning in the dark and the rain, I loaded them both up and bought them home. I intend to build the black one up for a nice cruiser and ride around nice flat Mosgiel. Got stuck in today and this happened: I pulled everything down and cleaned everything down leaving it on the fence to dry... Couple more cool old details: So basically I have cleaned it down and I am going to steel wool it and clear coat it leaving it to look as is... Yeaboi! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobangmycar Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 Checked out the frame serial and as best as I can find it was manufactured 1953, which also matches the serial on the Sturmey Archer hub. The bike is older than both my parents, Lewlz! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobangmycar Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 So took my wheels to the local bike shop here in Mosgiel to discover the dude was a real GC. Understood what I was trying to achieve on a budget, and was happy to do what I wanted instead of selling me new stuff. Hopefully today he will have replaced a few broken spokes and trued my wheels so I can polish them. He also suggested I run the current chain because "it's not that rusty" and "a new chain will look stupid on something like this, just run it as is man!" Will update when I receive wheels back, but super happy how he has approached it so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobangmycar Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oooohhhhh yeah! Just won an auction for a matching ladies bike in same colour scheme for wifey!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobangmycar Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 About a month ago, I started to put this together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobangmycar Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 The end result of all my polishing and hard work ended up looking like this: Super happy with the result, just got to find time to finish the ladies one so that wifey can ride too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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