Old School BMX Rat

[schwinnmesa]

I got this old school Free Spirit BMX bike today, as also shown in Fresh Finds. It's in horrible shape but that allows me to give it a rat treatment. Every miscellaneous part I have no use for will now have a purpose in life. Oh yes, it'll be a rat.

But every metal tube is screwed up. Can anyone say sledge hammer time? :mrgreen:

 

[Gold Street Customs]

This should be fun to watch :shock:

 

[schwinnmesa]

Ah, we'll see. Hopefully the WD-40 does its job so I won't be having problems taking it all apart.

 

[schwinnmesa]

I finally got the bike down to its frame. Here are some pictures during that process.

:mrgreen:

I attempted to straighten out the frame. Wow, steel is strong. :shock: That is all I have to say about that. :lol: If any of you have any suggestions, let me know, thank you.

 

[stretch]

i have a frame very similar to that, but mines chrome, and the gusset is a little different. who made that one? sears?

 

[schwinnmesa]

i have a frame very similar to that, but mines chrome, and the gusset is a little different. who made that one? sears?

Please tell me that yours doesn't look as bad as mine, lol. But yes sir, it's made by Sears. I looked on the rear hub and it has a Bendix coaster brake which is dated 1976.

 

[stretch]

lol nope. the chrome is actually pretty good. the only bad thing is, someone cut off the bracket for the brakes, and put dents in some of the tubes trying to get out the stuck seatpost, i presume.. that someone being me.. how rare are these things?

 

[deorman]

They WERE common as dirt. Keep pulling them out of the trash and they'll stay that way! :lol:

 

[JOScatRATrod]

finally a BMX based build! yay! man that bike would have been awesome. but its all dinged up so may as well go hard, and do something crazy!

 

[stretch]

so i wouldnt offend anyone if i wanted to cut it up? :mrgreen: