"barn find"

[markus]

one of the rare instances when a "barn find" actually looks like it really is a "barn find" :thumbsup:

1970 mini bike Montgomery ward barn find | eBay

 

[mrpat]

I bet that will clean up nice too. Looks like a cool project.

 

[Sixpac440]

and the clutch guard is there!!

 

[neo71665]

Their "90% there" is way more than most peoples. Pretty nice starting point for somebody.

 

[capguncowboy]

I saw that. I'm curious to see what it'll go for. I think it's mostly just covered in dust and will clean up well

 

[1971_MB1A]

Nice bike...we had a wards back in the day here just a few miles from me.

 

[Outlaw Ace]

It's how we dream we will find them, hard to beat that one for completeness and not being bastardized like so many end up even in barns. They gotta hide their shame somewhere but this seller has nothing to be ashamed of except maybe letting it sit but I do it so I'm nobody to judge. I am watching this one, I sold a nice roller 525 but it was missing a lot although the tank was nice and the straps were original and in great shape. I really wanted to build it having had a 424 as a kid but I have a line on another 424 I can get cheap also missing everything but it's a good rider.

 

[neo71665]

Yeah I got my 424 for free so I don't have a leg to stand on complaining but the only thing missing was the guard. Now I'm slowly turning it into a 525vt clone.

If that thing was closer I would most likely be the new owner.

 

[Havasu Dave]

That thing would be cool, powder coated with new fenders, a Predator and a TAV, and then some pit bike wheels, or "rims" as the kids call them, with disc brakes.

 

[derekbmn]

:laugh:

That thing would be cool, powder coated with new fenders, a Predator and a TAV, and then some pit bike wheels, or "rims" as the kids call them, with disc brakes.

 

[neo71665]

Dave is already ordering a set....

12 1/2 x 2.75 E-Scooter Aluminum Rear Rim Wheel Hub Razor MX350 MX400 Dirt Bike | eBay

 

[Havasu Dave]

I couldn't help it. What else do I have to worry about, except if I should use the CL-1 or the Black Mamba cam on my US Motor two stroke?

 

[Ding Ding]

Plenty of barn on that find that's for sure. Cool!

 

[bryce05]

Here's my barn find

 

[lostinbaja]

My barn find actually had hay bales on it when I first saw it. I had to pick it up the next morning after they drug 2 tractors out from in front of it.

 

[Outlaw Ace]

Not one bid on it, were in my city I'd own that jewel and have it going cleaned up and mechanically sound.

 

[derekbmn]

They ended the auction early....

 

[neo71665]

Guess the deal fell though, it's been relisted.

1970 mini bike Montgomery ward barn find | eBay

 

[1971_MB1A]

They ended the auction early again...

 

[capguncowboy]

it's listed back up as a Buy it Now, at $475. I'd buy it at that price, if I didn't already have a couple of complete Gilsons