Red, Rust and Blue, my JC Higgins cruiser

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Well, I got this sad looking late 50's JC Higgins as part of a package deal of bikes and parts...
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Rough was an understatement. what really worried me was the skinny seatpost. No way would that hold me.
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Luckily A friend found a nice piece of cold rolled steel in my garage the same diameter that I never knew I had!!
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Eureka! The bike was usable again, somewhat.
The next day I went to work in the lab, adding parts and digging through piles, cobbling her together and by nightfall the bike was showing promise...
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I had off the next day so it was back to work on the bike. After a day of tinkering, wire brush and steel wool therapy, with a bit of blue paint rubbed into the mix she was finished! I dub her Red, Rust and Blue.
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Do I expect to win? No, not really, but did I enjoy entering? Of course...that's what it's all about .
 

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Nice work brother!
Great to see you back in a build off. It's been awhile
 

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