Rusty Venture (Class 1)

[biggraham]

Hi everybody, I've been sitting on a rusty frame for a whole, it'll be an adventure to resurrect this bike! As I'm a huge fan of The Venture Bros cartoon, name seemed an easy fit!
"That's not a Rusty Venture..."

 

[biggraham]

I already popped on a 2.3 on the back, I think the front is a 1.95, not too sure

 

[RustySprockets]

The Guild of Calamitous Intent approves!

 

[biggraham]

I love this old bell, it spins!

 

[biggraham]

Here's the fat rear tire:

 

[biggraham]

The front fork certainly needs a little attention, I'm worried trying to straighten it a little more may stress the already slightly suspect, or at least seriously aged welding at the top..

 

[biggraham]

Here's the first mock, I'm pretty excited, been a productive morning!

 

[biggraham]

I'm gonna stick with the black pedals, the rat traps may be overdoing the whole rust thing, and I like the contrast with the black.

 

[RustySprockets]

Col. Gentleman wants a Super Mongoose with a chrome-moly frame and Shimano hubs.

 

[Fv2]

Looks like an iverson fork and chain guard. Any info on the bike?

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking forward to seeing this come back to life!

 

[biggraham]

I'll need to hose it down, I vaguely remember picking it up at flee market ages ago.
I think it's an Iverson, seems thats quite a large front sprocket...
I plan to just get it rollin' so it's a time capsule, I wonder if it has a serial number somewhere..