This was probably my most challenging restoration. As you can see, the bike is worked.  Needed all sorts of metal work and straightening.  No fear, where there is a will there is a way.

Pics before I received the bicycle.

These are pics once I received the bicycle.  Almost every bolt was rusted on.  Surprisingly the tank was solid.  Missing the door.  Huge bird shit weld where the frames always brake. They rewelded it with the seatpost in the frame. Morons.  So needless to say that wasn't coming out without some serious work.  The stem was frozen in the fork and I had to get it loose enough to cut the fork off at the base.  It was a shame to destroy the fork, but you can't get the tank off without the fork out.  The tab on the rear fender was busted off.   Rear triangle of the frame was bent badly.

After about two hours it was finally in pieces.

After I rolled the fenders they were shipped off to my welder to work his magic along with the frame.  Tank went to my body guy.  Got them back and it looked like a new bike.  He actually made the rear fender tab instead of harvesting from an existing fender.  He also built a set of prewar rack legs from 2 sets of postwars.

Now I needed to fill in all the pits and rebuild the rear triangle.  In order to straighten it we had to use a vise and some of the tubing was out of round.  I built it back up with bondo to bring back the shape.  The frame is structurally sound and the bondo was for shaping only. 

Finished

Time for paint

Way to many projects hanging in the garage. I was painting a jewel tanker at the same time.

Ready for two tone


Finished product.  Yippee.