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  1. Silent H

    Firestone Finish

    Alright here she is. Almost done. I would like to either recover or buy a white seat and I want to get some different pedals as those are cheap-butt huffy items, but its ridable. Not bad for my first bike build, i do say. The metalflake trick I was working on turned out "ok" for this bike...
  2. Silent H

    Red stripe bendix hub

    Alright my Firestone build has hit alittle bit of a snag. The bendix coaster rear is pretty messed. The bearings are either completely packed with crap or they are junk as it doesn't really want to move well at all. The real problem though is that the right side axle? is f'd. The threads are...
  3. Silent H

    My Firestone Build

    Alright I posted this originally in the fresh finds section but now that I have it all apart and am rebuilding it I will post it here too. Picked this firestone bike up a few weeks ago and am currently stripping the paint down to bare metal to repaint it. I haven't decided on a color yet...
  4. Silent H

    New Project Firestone

    Saw an ad in the local CL for vintage bikes, gave the guy a call and went out to his place today. Saw this Firestone as soon as I walked in the door and couldn't keep my eyes off of it. I got the Firestone and a set of Apes which I put on in the picture. It looks like Firestone and Rollfast...
  5. Silent H

    Something cool I picked up a few months ago

    I found this on craigslist a few months ago for 40 bucks and I couldn't resist. Its got 2hp Briggs from an old edger mounted on some homemade stuff, with a centrifugal clutch. The guy made it for his kids, its a little slow on takeoff for an adult but my girls little sister can flat out fly on...
  6. Silent H

    Question on painting Rims

    Alright guys. I took apart my huffy cruiser the other day and started sanding the frame, thats all done and ready to go, I just cant decide whether to paint it flat black or there is a satin/flat blue that I think would look real nice too. Anyways, I want to paint the wheels red like the...
  7. Silent H

    New Guy!

    Hey everyone. Found this site from a topic on the HAMB. Awesome site, I love it. Anyways, I work for the sales company of Huffy Bikes. Huffy uses a third party so to speak to sell their bikes to retail stores, anyways I work in the service division of it. My old boss was going to toss a...
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