Tankless. 1935 Aerocycle build... sort of

[kram]

This is going to be a slow build, but I'm excited about it so I'm going to start a thread.

I picked up this bike yesterday for super cheap. I thought it was weird and interesting, sometimes a bike speaks to you. It felt like it had a long and hard life. It had been yard art and I felt kind of bad for it. I started looking around the web and it turns out to be an aerocycle frame. The guys on the cabe thought it to be a 1935. Now, the odds of me ever finding a tank or other parts is basically zero, so I figured why not have fun and do a build on it. I feel like this bike deserves to be ridden again. I won't modify the frame at all, and probably the first order of business will be to straighten it and try to clean up the messy weld at the seat tube. I'm going to try to see if there is any original paint under the spray paint, but it looks mostly gone. Also the crank has had both pedals welded on and the one that's on there is going to take some grinding and cutting to get off. I have some fun ideas for this one!

 

[BFB]

welded on pedals, that was the curse on my typhoon.

 

[kram]

welded on pedals, that was the curse on my typhoon.

It's a pain, but it wouldn't be the first set of welded pedals that I've had to get off.

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

That is such a kuel find / frame
That top bar almost has the appearance of a camelback but reversed

 

[kram]

I got this bike broken down. I had to cut the pedal off. I don't know that the cranks can be saved. Pedals have been welded on both sides. The crank was stamped '36.

There is a small amount of original maroon paint. Most of it is gone, and the spray paint is not coming off easily. You can still see a bit of the diamond on the seat tube and that's the largest part of original paint that I have found.

The seat tube and top bar have been brazed and the chain stays have been smashed a bit.