Originally Posted by
Northern Wheels
I didn't notice that the frame is bent. I'm glad you pointed it out before I tried to fix it up.
That might explain why the front wheel is different from the back. I was thinking that maybe it was in an accident (or got bent some other way).
Sometimes a front impact results in bending only the front rim or the fork or the frame. In this case, given that the front wheel was a replacement, it seems that all three ended up bending. Large frames seem to be particularly prone to incurring damage to all three.
Best to take that bike back to the scrapyard, although you might consider harvesting some of the undamaged parts first.