I guess this might qualify as progress, I have the AMF Hercules almost completely torn down. All that is left is to pull the fork and headset bearings. I have done a couple of coatings of heavy oil on the frame, fork and fenders and the shine is starting to come back. I have also been shining up the bits and pieces, the bike will never look new again but it will look like a well cared for 45+ year old bike when it is done. It should ride as good as when new. I will add a few pictures of cleaned up parts a bit later.
Aaron
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Hey Aaron, how goes the progress on this bike? Can’t wait to see her all put back together.
I’ve got an older Peugeot ripped up in my garage right now too… re-habbing it for my 13 year old son who now is enamored with “racing bikes,” basically anything with “skinny” tires. I’d rather be there ripping into an old three speed!
~charles
Hi Charles,
IIRC it is STILL sitting in the work stand. I have been on the road away from home since May14th. FWIW I have also been very slack about keeping my WordPress blog updated versus the Blogspot one. They are pretty much identical.
Aaron
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