Return to the 50's hobby....

greerhw

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About 20 years ago, I decided to return to my childhood, so I decided to take a break from restoring cars and restore some toys. On the scooters , Whizzers and Schwinn bicycles I did all the work but the chrome plating and recovering the seats. I did about three times this many, but I would have to scan the pictures and I'm to lazy.

Harry
 

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greerhw

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One more, this is a Mustang, built in northern Calif., 10 hp engine, very fast.

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Great job! Brings back memories of my old bike.
 

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Like evrything else, I sold them a few years ago. It takes about 25 years to train a wife to except the junk you bring home, but with a new wife I didn't want to make the same mistakes.

Harry
 

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Nice job Harry, I had one of those Schwinns many moons ago. If I remember correctly, it was the one of the first bikes I had that I didn't build from parts from trash cans.

Do you see the show(I think it's ) American restoration? Haven't seen much of them, but wish they'd get more into details.
 
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