Saw this at a swap meet last weekend and the guy was only asking $40 so home with me it went. From the little research I've done I think it might be a mid-60's Rupp Continental.
Probably had some ill-fitting engine on it at some point cuz it looks like somebody drilled a little bit into the rear engine mount plate, and looks like an extra sprocket on that (frozen) shaft? Not sure if that's the right fork, but I can see that there is some blue metallic paint under the black on the fork plates, and that seems to match some I found on the frame. Can't find any numbers anywhere.
The pictures make the rust look way worse than it is. It's very solid. I think it's gonna clean up nice. Gonna try and keep everything as period correct as I can.
Whatever this thing is I am super excited to try and bring it back to life.
Any advice on moving forward or thoughts on what exactly it is would be really appreciated! Thanks!
Probably had some ill-fitting engine on it at some point cuz it looks like somebody drilled a little bit into the rear engine mount plate, and looks like an extra sprocket on that (frozen) shaft? Not sure if that's the right fork, but I can see that there is some blue metallic paint under the black on the fork plates, and that seems to match some I found on the frame. Can't find any numbers anywhere.
The pictures make the rust look way worse than it is. It's very solid. I think it's gonna clean up nice. Gonna try and keep everything as period correct as I can.
Whatever this thing is I am super excited to try and bring it back to life.
Any advice on moving forward or thoughts on what exactly it is would be really appreciated! Thanks!
