Over the years, whenever we’ve had the opportunity to buy a bike to be used as the “core” of a restoration, we’ve taken it.
When it comes to buying a bike to be restored…we don’t like ’em too nice. After all, it costs the same to re-chrome a headlamp whether it’s rusted and worth $5, or mildly worn and worth $40. So, we prefer the bikes that have matching numbers, and don’t cost an arm and a leg.
This fender from one of our ’69 core bikes sure evokes the 1960s. Note this is from a bike where the colors on the fender were reversed – Olympic Flame with a Silver Sheen stripe. The owner went right ahead and put a flower sticker on, and rode it until it just wouldn’t run anymore, and it’s kinda neat.
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