A friend from work overheard me during a discussion of old bikes, and told me that she had a few in her yard that I could have. Her husband was planning a dump run, so it would save him from hauling them. Of course me and the kids loaded up the next day to help as much as we could.
There was a few of them lined up against the wall of a shed. Two old womens Austrian Sears 3 speeds, one with the rear spokes wrecked and the other cannibalized and missing most of it's parts were at the front. We loaded them, and there sat a black Hercules 3 speed. Mens frame! There was also a small child's bike, a Westpoint with a tank. A few miscellaneous bits and parts and we were of to the Ant cave.
The Westpoint is, as best as I can find, a hardware store brand from the sixties. The bolt holding the tank at the back is movable so it can either be a boys, or girls. I just loved the mini mustache bars. My kids are a little too big for this one, so I have some time to wait before it becomes a Grandkids bike.
The Austrian Sears are Daimler Puchs. A decent built bike, but with the Sears branding, and the womans frame not worth much. Fortunately not much is needed to fix up the black one, but it is not high on the list. The blue one will serve as parts or if it's day comes maybe more. Until then it will hang up in the rafters of the Ant cave until needed.
The Herc 3 speed, well that is going to be my cruiser three speed project. It will cost me, and take a while to fund such an endeavor, but watch for the posts of its progress. Somehow I can not find a pic for it, so I will throw one up of a Herc that is in far better shape and completeness just as a reference.
