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19PENNYSAVER71 (LAST UPDATE 07/31 FINAL DETAILS)

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19PENNYSAVER71 (LAST UPDATE 07/31 FINAL DETAILS)

Postby nelvolks on Sun May 08, 2011 12:01 pm

Alright so after thinking about wether I would be able to have a bike for the build off (found one) and being convinced more and more by fellow RRBiker "yoothegeye" I decided that I am going for it. With many talented builders on this site I know that my chances are not that great, but if there are two things that I can take from this build being learning from the greats and building a cool bike for cheap I am a winner in my eyes. So with that I say good luck to everyone and let's build some awesome Rats!

1971 Huffy Pennys
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Paint stripping the frame. Although messy it did save me alot of time from having to sand the whole frame by hand. Times like this I wish I had a sand blaster.
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Finally all stripped. I did have to do some sanding by hand but it did not take that long. Actually it took me about an hour to do the whole frame.
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The bike did not have a chainguard so after looking through my scrap parts I found one from an old beach cruiser that I got for free. I knew that I had to make it fit but did not see it to be a big problem.
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First cut made with the good ole aviation snips. Man that does not look good at all.
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Second, third, fourth, fifth, six and seventh cut later. Looking good!
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Mounted the chainguard along with the rear wheel to make sure that I would have room for the chain. So far it's looking good.
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I still have some cleaning up to do on the edges and drill the hole to mount it on the rear of the frame but I think it looks really good and ratty.
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby yoothgeye on Sun May 08, 2011 12:18 pm

Glad you're on board friend. Looking forward to following this build.
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby nelvolks on Sun May 08, 2011 12:28 pm

yoothgeye wrote:Glad you're on board friend. Looking forward to following this build.


Thank you friend.
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby Skrufryder on Sun May 08, 2011 12:29 pm

thats a cool frame i've never herd of a penny. that chain rings pretty killer
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby nelvolks on Sun May 08, 2011 12:38 pm

Skrufryder wrote:thats a cool frame i've never herd of a penny. that chain rings pretty killer


Thanks, I think it will work really well. I myself never heard of a pennys before but I was educated by a fellow RRB member that Huffy made the Pennys bikes for non other than Pennys.
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby yoothgeye on Sun May 08, 2011 12:41 pm

To be even more clear, Pennys is JC Pennys, a department store, they use to have more than just clothes and home goods, kind of like Sears.
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby Fisch on Sun May 08, 2011 12:42 pm

Ilike how the top twinbars extend all the way to the front of the steer tube!
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby nelvolks on Sun May 08, 2011 1:02 pm

Fisch wrote:Ilike how the top twinbars extend all the way to the front of the steer tube!


Yes I agree. The only thing is that the caps were plastic and in bad shape. I plan on finding a way to put some acorn nuts, spikes, or something cool on the end of the tubes.

yoothgeye wrote:To be even more clear, Pennys is JC Pennys, a department store, they use to have more than just clothes and home goods, kind of like Sears.


Haha thanks yoothgeye I did forget to put the JC before the Pennys!
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby Skrufryder on Sun May 08, 2011 1:02 pm

nelvolks wrote:
Skrufryder wrote:thats a cool frame i've never herd of a penny. that chain rings pretty killer


Thanks, I think it will work really well. I myself never heard of a pennys before but I was educated by a fellow RRB member that Huffy made the Pennys bikes for non other than Pennys.




OH DUH of course the Pennys department store
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby axsepul on Sun May 08, 2011 1:05 pm

PENNEYS NOT PENNYS

DID YOU SAVE THAT HEADBADGE?
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby Fisch on Sun May 08, 2011 1:08 pm

nelvolks wrote:
Fisch wrote:Ilike how the top twinbars extend all the way to the front of the steer tube!


Yes I agree. The only thing is that the caps were plastic and in bad shape. I plan on finding a way to put some acorn nuts, spikes, or something cool on the end of the tubes.



Nice. Tons of good options in license plate fasteners. Even skulls!
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby nelvolks on Sun May 08, 2011 1:15 pm

Unfortunately the headbadge was a decal and it was rotted and dried out. But I have a really cool idea brewing I just have to see if it works.

fisch wrote:Nice. Tons of good options in license plate fasteners. Even skulls!

Good tip thanks.
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby herr_rudolf on Sun May 08, 2011 1:43 pm

Nice stuff!!

nelvolks wrote:...and building a cool bike for cheap...


That's it!
...and ofcourse build it like you wanna win it!

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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby nelvolks on Sun May 08, 2011 2:31 pm

herr_rudolf wrote:Nice stuff!!

nelvolks wrote:...and building a cool bike for cheap...


That's it!
...and ofcourse build it like you wanna win it!

Good luck and have fun!


Thanks that means alot and even pushes me to work harder.
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Re: 19PENNYSAVER71

Postby Green Dragon on Sun May 08, 2011 6:49 pm

Good start .

Never saw one of those badged as Penneys either - but do have the twin , Huffy badged 1973 model , in the basement .... same sprocket and all.

Mine has aluminum inserts in the tube ends, not plastic, maybe they cheapened it up in later years ?

I know someone over on muclebikeforums machined a new set from aluminum , so anything goes.

WILL be watching this one, to see how mine could become :)

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