western flyer middleweight tank ID... unusual color
09-09-11, 07:28 AM
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western flyer middleweight tank ID... unusual color
Picked up a super nice western flyer middleweight tank at the brimfield antique show yesterday.
Its a pretty standard mens middleweight tank that extends past the headtube, with the built in dual headlights, still has og lenses and bulbs. I matched it up with a murray cantilever without a tank and it would have fit perfectly.
The thing that i though was neat about it is the color, its plated not painted in a coppery or brass kind of tint, with mettalic red accent paint... says western flyer die cut in the red paint. The front headlight section is chromed.
Ive never seen the color on any of the bikes ive seen, who thinks they know what I have?
Its a pretty standard mens middleweight tank that extends past the headtube, with the built in dual headlights, still has og lenses and bulbs. I matched it up with a murray cantilever without a tank and it would have fit perfectly.
The thing that i though was neat about it is the color, its plated not painted in a coppery or brass kind of tint, with mettalic red accent paint... says western flyer die cut in the red paint. The front headlight section is chromed.
Ive never seen the color on any of the bikes ive seen, who thinks they know what I have?
09-09-11, 09:49 PM
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The guys at www.ratrodbikes.com are all over this kind of stuff. Try there.
09-10-11, 05:07 AM
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Looks almost like a chrome tank that has turned an off color for some reason? I have a Chrome WF years ago, don't recall much about it.
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
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RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
09-10-11, 05:41 AM
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I also guessed that it was a fully chromed tank at one time, but somehow lost or was stripped of its chrome and nickel layers, leaving only the copper plating.
This can't be so if the WF red shield is paint, though. Can't tell you anything about it, but it sure is pretty.
This can't be so if the WF red shield is paint, though. Can't tell you anything about it, but it sure is pretty.
