Beautiful Elgin Bluebird restoration

[Ratfink1962]

All I can say is Wow...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Elgin-...ltDomain_0&hash=item3cbf5b0268#ht_6226wt_1244

He is also selling a equally nice ladies Elgin...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1936-Elgin-...ltDomain_0&hash=item3cbf5b2c6b#ht_4503wt_1244

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Very nice bluebird but i don't think I could ever bring myself to pay $13K for a bicycle. Especially one that needs wood blocks under the kickstand to hold it up. :lol:

 

[pick]

Wow is right! $52 back in 1935 was a lot of money for a bike! :shock: I'm guessing you aren't gonna buy it though! :lol: :lol: Looks like a really nice restoration. 8)

 

[Ratfink1962]

haha... no buying for me!

$13k is a lot of money for a bicycle, I could swing it... but I would also need a loan to cover my divorce! :lol:

is it still legal to sell your kidney on eBay?

 

[Rustinkerer]

I wouldn't be willing to put any big money down to such a new seller! Nice bikes though! -Adam

 

[ndaway]

WOW :shock: thanks for posting. The style is kinda over the top for me.Also the price :shock:

 

[5speed]

Will Walmart Have These?

 

[axsepul]

That will make an awesome living room ornament!

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Like I always say I'd rather have 13 $1,000 bikes than 1 $13,000 bike. Or even 26 $500 bikes.

Personally for $13,000 I'd buy all the tools and metal stock to build a replica.

 

[Tater]

Both of those bikes are beautiful. Adjusted for inflation, that Bluebird would cost about $817.00 today. I suppose that would put it in a category with the higher end Electra and Felt cruisers.

 

[ndaway]

Both of those bikes are beautiful. Adjusted for inflation, that Bluebird would cost about $817.00 today. I suppose that would put it in a category with the higher end Electra and Felt cruisers.

in his description he said it was 2 months salary in 1935 in the depresion...i make more than 408$ per month so i think inflation would put it about 8,000 to 10,000 :shock: ...another thing i cant believe that bike didnt come with a chain guard :shock:

 

[Fahrrad]

I could get a really nice '50's oval rag VW for that amount, and probably have it delivered too.

 

[Tater]

Both of those bikes are beautiful. Adjusted for inflation, that Bluebird would cost about $817.00 today. I suppose that would put it in a category with the higher end Electra and Felt cruisers.

in his description he said it was 2 months salary in 1935 in the depresion...i make more than 408$ per month so i think inflation would put it about 8,000 to 10,000 :shock: ...another thing i cant believe that bike didnt come with a chain guard :shock:

I'm not buying his two months income claim. The average monthly income in the US for 1935 was around $125, not $26. He's off by a factor of five. I'd love to have a Bluebird, but not at the sort of dough they're going for. :shock:

 

[ndaway]

I'm board so I looked it up and your right of course I came up with 127 per month so I don't know how he came up with 26 per month..either way that's crazy money for a bike

 

[outskirtscustoms]

I could get a really nice '50's oval rag VW for that amount, and probably have it delivered too.

Now you're speaking my language. I'd rather have an old camper splitty though.

 

[Ratfink1962]

Regardless of what the monthly wage was or whatever.... All I know, those are some beautiful restorations, and would love to own them if I had the scratch! 8)

 

[udallcustombikes]

I would love to find one just to give it the rat treatment and make the purist cry. :wink:

No way I could bring myself to do it to this one though.

 

[jwm]

I would love to find one just to give it the rat treatment and make the purist cry. :wink:

No way I could bring myself to do it to this one though.

They'd have ya' tarred, feathered, and run outa' town on a rail.


JWM

 

[udallcustombikes]

Don't care. All the Bluebirds we see are original or restored. I would have the coolest one-26x3 tires, cool 50's style scallop paint job, I can see it now. Man, I need to find one. 8)

 

[yoothgeye]

Don't care. All the Bluebirds we see are original or restored. I would have the coolest one-26x3 tires, cool 50's style scallop paint job, I can see it now. Man, I need to find one. 8)

Exactly, find one in a barn at a giveaway price from someone who doesn't know or care what it's worth. Put on a rattle can job, impress all these RRB freaks, maybe even win a build-off with little effort, then sell it for HUGE money with "fresh primer." :mrgreen: