(MBBO#5 Class 1) Huffy Altered Ego

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Finally 28 days after the MBBO5 start I have the frame I've been looking for thanks to CRASH and a little horse trading of parts, I can start stripping paint and prepping the frame. More parts gathered I needed, gonna be a busy week trying to catch up.

The mystery build continues! Looking forward to seeing the new box.:bigsmile:
Sorry Renaissance Man I was so hyped about getting my frame I tore into it and forgot to take pics of the box for you :cool2:

 
Whew! what a start, I had to remove a rusted in place seat post, after three hours of beating, a can of penetrant, and heating it with a torch I was finally able to coax it out of the frame. Now some repair work is due for the top of the frame seat tube after I bent it up pretty good. Time is a tick'n

 
Oh man, I am so very sorry it treated you like that. Good thing the clamp will cover that up once you get it in shape. Did you get the clamp?
Yeah I got it thanks, after I told you it moved for me I think I just locked it in tighter Haha. At least I won't have to strip the paint off that area, I burned all the paint off with the torch. :bigsmile:
 
Got some fab work and welding done, working on stripping tonight.


 
Can't wait to see the fork on it!
 
Can't wait to see the fork on it!

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You're going to install it backwards, like a WalMart bike?
Wow CRASH figured me out, so now I'm going to turn the banana seat around and mount the forks on the rear so when I ride it I can see where I've been.:21:
 
Just like most people I can't seem to find time any more but I finally got the seat tube beat into submission and a fender tab welded on. But the paint was something else, the original paint was painted over with two layers of car paint and underneath I found bondo work to deal with. I had to strip the paint 2-1/2 times with aircraft paint stripper because if I would have went at it with just grit blast I would have wore into the metal base too much. So in the pics you can see where I fixed the tube, added the tab, chemical stripped, and lastly grit blasted it. Now that the frame is finally prepped the way I like it, on to paint! :whew:




 
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