1976 Schwinn Typhoon

1976 Chicago Schwinn Typhoon

Sky Blue Metallic

As Found

Cleaned up. Difficult to find many options with the S-7 tires.

That paint just glows. 

White walls helps the faded white letters pop. There is absolutely no reason to repaint this original paint bike.

I decided I didn't like the ride with the original bars. I swapped them out for these beach bars. Classic old school beach bike style. Comfortable ride, rolls nice with the coaster brake rear hub. My daughter Ruth's favorite bike.

Hoosier Antique & Classic Bicycle Club

Hoosier Antique & Classic Bicycle Club

Static Display at Greenwood, IN Cruise-In Summer 2018

30's Colson Flyer Skip Tooth Girl

30's Colson Flyer Skip Tooth Girl

I picked this up locally (Indiana) as a 30's era Colson Flyer. Was told it came from an estate (barn) auction in Noblesville, IN.

Been through all the Colson date ID info I could find. Could use a swag or two from those of you who have Colson Experience. Curiously, the additional numbers have been purposely stamped at some point. Would Colson have done that to repurpose the frame? Please help if you can.

My intent is to clean it up and get it back on the road. Paint is very bad, however, color and pin striping is evident. Cool badge. Plan to clean the frame with a light rub down with #0000 steel wool and simple green as a lubricant to bring out some color. 

The bike looks like it had received a linseed oil bath at some point in its life. Also looks dredged through some contaminated farm soil.

Post on Ratrod Bikes

Project Bikes

Project Bikes

These bikes are either waiting restoration, future sale, or in progress. Interesting and rusty they are. All could make for a coll rat bike project or a powder coat resto-mod, however, I will try to find and show a similar restored bike for reference.

Belknap Bluegrass

Late 40s early 50s

Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company, also known as Belknap Hardware Company or simply Belknap Hardware, located in Louisville, Kentucky, was at one time a leading American manufacturer of hardware goods and a major wholesale competitor of retail sales companies Sears, Roebuck, and Company and Montgomery Ward. Belknap excelled both in catalog sales and widespread distribution of its own name-brand manufactured products.

The company became one of the nation's largest wholesale enterprises with nationally known quality brands, among which Blue Grass was the most readily recognizable. John Primble knives, developed by an employee of the company, became a Belknap brand with its own division, made in Louisville between 1947 and 1985 by the John Primble Belknap Hardware Co. The Crusader manufacturing brand of Belknap included contractors' shovels, hammers, hatchets, axes, drawing knives, carpenters' pincers, planes, screw drivers, hand drills, wrecking bars, bit braces, auger bits, chisels, pliers, wrenches, tin snips, and tin ceilings. Other popular Belknap manufactured products included rifles, guns, padlocks, lawn mowers, and bicycles. Belknap inventory in the vast warehouse spaces grew larger and larger, and the Belknap neon sign could be seen from miles away.

Huffy Camaro

1968

An identical original/restored Huffy Camaro

Columbia

1960s

Columbia Firebolt

early 1960s

This is a desirable frame with a welded in rear rack assembly. 

Below is an example of a custom 1962 Columbia Firebolt frame fitted with a TRM tank conversion. Built as a commuter bike that turns head where ever it is.

Shelby

Schwinn

1950s early 60s spray bombed w/ truss rods 

Schwinn Tandem

Old Skip Tooth Girl

I am dying to get this one in an oxalic bath to reduce the rust. It has nice lines,  stars, and patriotic themes miked with that light blue/turquoise in original paint. Truss rods on the fork gothic fenders, art deco chain guard and classic lines.

More to follow

Dyno Roadster

Dyno Roadster

The classic Dyno 'D' in the frame of a true Dyno.

Bent springer fork ready for install.

The Slow and Low Pedal Scraper