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Posted by CDNRatMan
 - March 18, 2017, 22:08:48 PM

  Not sure where my desire for the vintage stuff comes from but I just like the looks and sound of the older things.....

Posted by greenbarn
 - March 18, 2017, 21:03:33 PM

I guess my love for Retro came from my dad.  He's always restored old stuff, and was really into Cushman scooters. I wanted a vintage Indian for a long time but couldn't justify the price- cheapest thing I found was $5 bills, and it was a basket case- parts missing.   I thought to myself, "hmmm   the "missing" parts most likely aren't the "easy" stuff to find --- or it would have been found already"...    So then I saw a "Indian Drifter" for sale, knowing nothing about the Drifters....  the rest is easy to figure out.

Posted by --Jerry S--
 - March 18, 2017, 15:39:03 PM

Sorry if this is a bit wordy.

I do believe I have come full circle and the drifter completes the circle. I tried to take my black 1500 Valkrie and make it somewhat 40s or retro. The problem with that is the Valkyries engine is just not something from the past or at least prior to 75. Don't get me wrong, I like the results of what I've done but now that I've seen the drifter it's the answer I was looking for when I started that project. What this does is take me back to when I first started acquiring a taste for things in the past. Antiques, collectibles etc. When I was about 14 or 15 years of age I started working for a local Schwinn bicycle store just outside of Chicago, that's when I started getting interested in some of the older mostly prewar Schwinn bicycles. I also got involved with corporate Schwinn and was able to visit the museum downtown Chicago where it was just me and the curator who was quite impressed that such a young man had so much interest in his hobby. That is when I started collecting and most of the things I collected we're past the point where they had to be repainted so therefore take the spokes out completely dismantle repaint and bring back to life. I also got involved with Schwinn bicycles with Wizzer engines again only prewar. Here below is a slideshow of some of my bikes from that time and you can clearly see some of the pictures taken in the museum. I also took great interest in Henderson and Excelsior motorcycles which both companies were purchased by Schwinn, but could never afford to buy one.

Wikipedia,

Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931.[1] It was purchased by Ignaz Schwinn, proprietor of bicycle manufacturer Arnold, Schwinn & Co. in 1912.[2] In 1912, an Excelsior was the first motorcycle to be officially timed at a speed of 100 mph.[3] The Henderson Motorcycle Company became a division of Excelsior when Schwinn purchased Henderson in 1917.[1][4] By 1928, Excelsior was in third place in the U.S. motorcycle market behind Indian and Harley-Davidson. The Great Depressionconvinced Schwinn to order Excelsior's operations to cease in September 1931.

http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/EBeybuzzard/slideshow/Schwinn

So how did you become interested in retro or vintage?

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