So, went out on the beers last night in Bourton on the Water, very nice.
Anyway, went to retrieve the Mondeo this morning, jumped in a went to turn around at the bottom of the lane. I grumbled to myself about the poor placement of the skip, but then I didn't mind so much because I layed my eyes on this....
....pretty eh?
I did the moral thing and asked around to see if it was cool to take it. In the end a little old lady explained it origins and said she was thrilled that I wanted it. So, in the car it went!
It's really interesting, it has gears, a weird cantilever front suspension set up and rear suspension via shocks in the rear seat posts.
It's complete and apart form the seat, it's never been buggered about with. It truly is a thing of beauty.
Apparently it was hiding at the back of an antique shop for years, only to end up in the skip when it came time for the shop to be renovated. I'm sure someone else would have recued it too, but I'm glad it was me.
It needs to be fully restored, new brakes and tyres etc. As I don't have the facilities I'm going to take it to my Dads and he'll do it.
So, what are the plans? Well, cut it up and weld bits to it of course....
....I'm kidding. It'll be fully restored and then we'll keep it safe until my little girl is big enough for it, it'll be a cool cruiser for her.
So, there you go, a free Schwinn. I'll keep you posted once I get it to my Dad's.
EDIT!!!
After doing some research it would appear it's a Schwinn Krate (?) and as such it's missing it's gear selector.It's 1970's too, not 60's.
Anyway, went to retrieve the Mondeo this morning, jumped in a went to turn around at the bottom of the lane. I grumbled to myself about the poor placement of the skip, but then I didn't mind so much because I layed my eyes on this....
....pretty eh?
I did the moral thing and asked around to see if it was cool to take it. In the end a little old lady explained it origins and said she was thrilled that I wanted it. So, in the car it went!
It's really interesting, it has gears, a weird cantilever front suspension set up and rear suspension via shocks in the rear seat posts.
It's complete and apart form the seat, it's never been buggered about with. It truly is a thing of beauty.
Apparently it was hiding at the back of an antique shop for years, only to end up in the skip when it came time for the shop to be renovated. I'm sure someone else would have recued it too, but I'm glad it was me.
It needs to be fully restored, new brakes and tyres etc. As I don't have the facilities I'm going to take it to my Dads and he'll do it.
So, what are the plans? Well, cut it up and weld bits to it of course....
....I'm kidding. It'll be fully restored and then we'll keep it safe until my little girl is big enough for it, it'll be a cool cruiser for her.
So, there you go, a free Schwinn. I'll keep you posted once I get it to my Dad's.
EDIT!!!
After doing some research it would appear it's a Schwinn Krate (?) and as such it's missing it's gear selector.It's 1970's too, not 60's.
Like they say, "One mans junk is another mans treasure"
Seems to have a big following as well.
