A couple of weeks back, Father's Day to be exact, I attended a big car show @ Greenfield Village (FYI, the Village was a pet project of Henry Ford--he collected all sorts of historic buildings & such like Abe Lincoln's courthouse, the Wright Brother's home & bike shop, etc, etc. back when nobody cared about that stuff read all about it @ http://www.thehenryford.org)
Anywho--along with the hundreds of '30's-'70's cars, there's always a section for bikes, scooters, etc. there seemed to be alot less bikes than previous years, but besides the Bowden Spacelander, Monark Silver King, Cushmann Eagles & various Schwinn balooners, there was a restored '49 or '50 Whizzer with a very nice looking sidecar--looked like it could be factory, but...far from it. What the builder (a retired Ford engineer) did was weld 2 '40 Ford front fenders together (back-to-back), turn them front-to-back, filled in the wheel opening & headlight holes & mounted it on a custom frame that bolted up to the Whizzer frame. It made for a really nice & clean looking side car. I wish I could show you pics but, I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! :x To top it off, he offered my 3 yr old son a ride, but he could not be trusted to keep his hands out of the spokes.
Doh!
Anywho--along with the hundreds of '30's-'70's cars, there's always a section for bikes, scooters, etc. there seemed to be alot less bikes than previous years, but besides the Bowden Spacelander, Monark Silver King, Cushmann Eagles & various Schwinn balooners, there was a restored '49 or '50 Whizzer with a very nice looking sidecar--looked like it could be factory, but...far from it. What the builder (a retired Ford engineer) did was weld 2 '40 Ford front fenders together (back-to-back), turn them front-to-back, filled in the wheel opening & headlight holes & mounted it on a custom frame that bolted up to the Whizzer frame. It made for a really nice & clean looking side car. I wish I could show you pics but, I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! :x To top it off, he offered my 3 yr old son a ride, but he could not be trusted to keep his hands out of the spokes.
Doh!