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ILIKEBIKES	1931 MEAD RANGER STOCK CLASS RESTORATION BIKE.. Its Finished !	Lead	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 313 (02/09/12 22:29:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have no idea where this is going to end up ?? I figure since I can have two build off bikes here its is. I bought this yesterday covered in gray paint..I had a hunch about this bike . I really should enter a muscle bike & I intended to but there all ready is a fire cat in the build off so Im going with this one. So today I removed the gray paint. This is what I had under the gray paint... Im not done yet but man this is a lucky start.. This wont be perfect but its better than a lot of the survivor bikes like this I see on line. I didnt polish this side when the photo was taken ..I was running out of daylight & wanted a photo. Last Edited By: ILIKEBIKES 04/01/12 19:59:34. Edited 7 times.
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1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (02/11/12 12:42:03) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cool bike like it is, can only get cooler!
ILIKEBIKES		#2	[-]
Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 313 (02/11/12 14:35:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks .. I had no idea what was under the gray paint when I bought the bike. The choclate brown paint is very similar to a rust color. So I had no idea how this was going to go . I had a hunch that it was possible the bike may have good paint under that painted over grey still??? I wasn't sure until I removed the gray paint or if I could remove the grey paint??.. Id say I saved about 95% of the original paint so far. This was a bike I was either going to paint to match my side car & keep or part out. Now Im going to keep the bike as it is & just restore what I have on the bike .I may change the rims over ?? 28 inch sew up tires are just freaking expensive. This is a case of its better to restore than repaint ...Ive tried three bikes removing old paint jobs over original paint over the years.This is the best result Ive had I was lucky on this one.
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Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 313 (02/28/12 16:52:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This bike is still a work in progress I have the Tank off of the Mead & I now have more of the gray paint off of the mead..Im waiting for my 5 gallons of evaporust to arrive today . Also Im building 5 bikes at the same time ..Its fun having this many apart . . Plus other stuff .. I havent given up on the Mead yet I just dont know what is going to be finished in time ...But I still have a month I think ? Last Edited By: ILIKEBIKES 02/28/12 20:28:32. Edited 2 times.
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1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (03/01/12 12:48:03) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yep, till April 1st
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Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 329 (03/02/12 14:10:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cool bike!! does it have 28"ish rims on it?? i have a set of new 28" rims and tires if interested.
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Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 313 (03/13/12 21:44:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Im almost Done ....
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Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 313 (03/13/12 21:48:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Im just about done finally .. I had no idea the fork would be nickel plated & the Pump was Brass Plated .. This bike was a suprise all the way through ..I cant even believe this is the same bike I started with .. I only replaced the Rims / Tires & The front light .. The light that came on the bike was junk inside & was not the original light.. I replaced the 28 Inch rims with 26 inch rims for now & put a big Balloon tire on the rear of the bike & a Middle weight tire on the front. Id say the paint is about 80% original I repainted the drop stand & some places on the fenders & a bit of the rear rack...I also repainted the leather mud flap..The paint is a perfect match again I was very lucky.... Last Edited By: ILIKEBIKES 03/13/12 22:00:35. Edited 3 times.

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