Had a little free time this afternoon and threw this together.
Bare metal 51 Schwinn Straight bar I bought a couple years ago at a swap.
Story on the wheels here.
Truss rods are off a crusty old girls Schwinn.
The cheapo plastic seat was a real light tan color. I painted it black with vinyl paint.
Sprocket off some mongoose BMX I must have come across at some point and time.

This bike started with the frame only which is a Monark. It's been through various changes over the couple of years I've had it.
In it's current incarnation it was built with the following parts...
A newer fork off a Murry I believe
Fake springer/fork struts off of this bike
Chain-guard off a light-weight Hawthorne 3 speed
New aftermarket fenders
Brooks saddle
Wheels I painted and built. Rear a Bendix 2 speed automatic (kickback)

More on this bike here.

All photos of this bike here.

Eldest Grandson Ethan likes to ride my 26" wheeled bikes instead of his own 20". He can ride the bigger bikes but I don't know how safely he could stop or dis-mount in a hurry. I told him we'd look for a 24" frame and build it for him.

I put out the word I was looking for a 24" frame and a friend offered up one he found in his stash. Thanks Dave!

I've been told the bikes is a Roadmaster. Here's how we received it yesterday.



After cutting off the bent rusted in place fork.



Unbeknownst to me until I went to unload the above photos from the camera, the Grand-daughter had filmed us mocking up the bike.



Today we finished putting it together and he took it for a test ride. This fork is messed up so we'll have to get another. The bike will be painted eventually.

I decided on a chainguard. Originally off this Hawthorne 3 speed.



Close up of the textured paint I used and the old Arnold & Schwinn Co seat post clamp.




All the photos of this bike here.

The fenders I first put on didn't match as I had overlooked the matching fender when in the attic the first time. Today I corrected that and then took it for a ride. If I decide to keep it together I may paint the fenders and add a chainguard.





Here is the paint I used. It has a rusty/patina'd look and feel to it. Went on really nice especially considering the cold temperature. Took 2 cans though to do frame and fork. Had I known I was going to use this paint I would have used a dark primer but when I primered it I didn't know what color I was going with and grey was the only primer I had on hand.

This is a frame I purchased it at the first Midwest Bicycle Swap. I occasionally bring it down from the attic and build it up. Here is the first time and here another time to take to the Tour De Fat in Colorado.

On a whim the other night I once again got it down from the attic. It's pretty rough. I took the angle grinder and a flap disc to it then primered it. It was 50 degrees in the garage. Not good for painting.



Next night I painted it (again around 50 degrees) and started building it back up. The paint is a Rustoleum textured paint. Has a faux rusty/patina'd look to it I think.


More on it later.

Today Grand-son Ethan and I attended a ride to check out the RatRodBikes.com Auction Bike. This bike was built from parts donated by forum members from here and all over the US and was assembled locally. It'll be auctioned off with the proceeds going to support the RatRodBikes.com website. The auction begins December 1st.

The ride was real brief as the winds were gusting up to 45mph. Ethan was blown in to a bridge rail twice and on the way home we seen a porta-potty at a construction site blow over.

Here are photos I took...



The bike was built to resemble the t-shirt graphic from the website. Here is the bikes builder modeling with the bike.



Video...

I really liked the way this bike that I built up for Halloween rode so I decided to keep it together but change it up a little for another upcoming ride. I swapped out the wheels with a set I built years ago the rear being a Bendix 2 speed automatic (kickback), different tires, crank, added a water bottle cage and a rack that I had started on some time ago but never finished.





The tail light is a cheap LED flashlight that I painted and covered the clear lens with red tail light repair tape. It's mounted to the coaster brake arm with a seat post clamp.