Miranda Wright

[highwheelerboy25]

Hey guys. I'm in. i've been working on this one for about two weeks but haven't had the chance to borrow a computer to upload the pics. I'm not finished with it yet but it's close. . .i'm just haveing to backtrack and get all the build pics on here so don't be hatin'! I started out with a brush painted early 50s Schwinn Hornet i got for free from my local bike shop. I wanted to do a military themed bike but i noticed more of those were popping up so i decided to go the police route with it.

May 7th - This is what i started with. . . .

I got this schwinn Twinn a few weeks back to use for parts. . . i.e. wheels, grips, and tires.

It had to have the heavy duty spokes.

This is it after chemical stripping with the tandem wheels and the original seat, bars, crank, guard, and fork. I didn't like the type of truss rods Schwinn used on this model though.

Time to prime!

 

[highwheelerboy25]

I had an old girls' Elgin laying out that had a good pre war truss rod fork on it that came with this person's majestic which was the inspiration of the police bike build. it fit perfectly so i left it on there.

To be a police bike it had to be black, of course. I used some cheap krylon because i plan to do some wet sanding to age it a little.

Time to start the tedious reassemly. . . .

Ran out of black paint and can't finish the fork till i get some more. I found some old glass lense trailer lights at the flea market. There were originally three on the metal bar but i cut one off to see what it would look like. This is just a mockup, i won't be using the metal piece.

I'm liking how it looks except for the chain guard and the sprocket. I might change them later on.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

Thought i'd give the old elgin truss rods a new coat of white.. . primed now waiting. . .

This is my latest flea market find. . .an old 60s-70s extra-long flashlight. I thought it would make a good accessory, just have to find a place to put it.

Trusses painted and flashlight on.

Snagged this on ebay. Don't know if i'll put a 3-speed on it yet but i definitely wanted the shifter on it.

Shifter and siren installed. I thought i'd see how this chainguard looks. i like it much better!

My donor bike for the chainguard. I'll be using the rack too.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

Gotta love it!

Here's the plan with the trailer lights . . i'll drill a hole underneath the bulb hole to mount them to the handlebars so i can use the buld hole to mount some 1/18 scale leds later on. I'm using brake arm clamps to mount them on the bars for now until i can go to lowes and get some clamps with rubber backing.

I found an old flashlight clamp for handlebars and used it to mount the accessory light on the fork. the flashlight unscrews in the middle of the shaft if you want a regular size light, so i downsized it to fit the fork.

I got a few of these on my trip to lowes. I'm gonna try to use one as a taillight in the rear rack.

And here's the rear rack primed, painted and installed.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

The rack with the led snuggled in.

Here are the trailer lights properly mounted on the newer bars with white schwinn twinn grips. i still need to change the neck out because of a hairline crack.

Here with the newly painted chainguard next to my buzz buggy.

Decided to add some more white and two-toned the chainguard. i'm gonna swing by the neighborhood decal shop to see if i can get some police decals made soon! I might paint the top of the rack white too. . . dunno yet.

Not too much left to do other than decals and maybe adding some more white. . . unless i make any more trips to the flea market!

 

[highwheelerboy25]

Not sure about this one yet.

 

[deorman]

HWB25 said"

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[highwheelerboy25]

thanks!

 

[xddorox]

Awesome stuff. I personally wouldn't go with the rotating blue light. Older cop cars only had a flashing red spot. Those two red trailer lights on the front do the job perfectly. How about a middle white colored section on that lower frame bar? That would nail the "black and white" look more so than the chainguard. My .02 only.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

i'm still not sure what else i'm going to white out but that would be a good idea.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

well guys, i guess i'm giving up on this one. i'm not liking the police theme. i may go a different route or maybe even use a murray monterey i have to try to have something else before this is over.