Hello,
I am a newbie here, but definitely charged up after stumbling onto the site here last week! Anyway, I am motivated to dig into a project this winter, and here are the starting blocks:
It is already a rat rod of sorts.... we bought it a couple summers ago at a garage sale, and it was flat black. Pretty nice for $16. My wife wanted her favorite color, so I broke it down (though not all the way) and lightly sanded, primed and purpled it out... new grips as well, and the fenders got some gerber daisy stickers and a coat of sparkly clear coat. She named it the sassy princess.....
anyway, I bought her a new cruiser last Christmas, so this has been hanging in the garage since.
I thought I'd remove the top down tube and move it up to make a "mens" bike....
Thoughts on a straight reposition of the bar?
Or I might get some round stock, put a bit of a curve into it and make that the top bar....
Either way, it is getting stripped down to bar metal, repainted something more rat like (most likely either flat black, brown primer or olive drab....)
But, I am wondering if anyone knows anything about the frame?
Looks to me like the parts are already mix and match...
Thanks.
Mike
I am a newbie here, but definitely charged up after stumbling onto the site here last week! Anyway, I am motivated to dig into a project this winter, and here are the starting blocks:
It is already a rat rod of sorts.... we bought it a couple summers ago at a garage sale, and it was flat black. Pretty nice for $16. My wife wanted her favorite color, so I broke it down (though not all the way) and lightly sanded, primed and purpled it out... new grips as well, and the fenders got some gerber daisy stickers and a coat of sparkly clear coat. She named it the sassy princess.....
anyway, I bought her a new cruiser last Christmas, so this has been hanging in the garage since.
I thought I'd remove the top down tube and move it up to make a "mens" bike....
Thoughts on a straight reposition of the bar?
Or I might get some round stock, put a bit of a curve into it and make that the top bar....
Either way, it is getting stripped down to bar metal, repainted something more rat like (most likely either flat black, brown primer or olive drab....)
But, I am wondering if anyone knows anything about the frame?
Looks to me like the parts are already mix and match...
Thanks.
Mike