I was reading through the now 17-year-old thread where the term Drew became a thing, and it dawned on me that two things have rolled through the shop recently that have effectively become undrewed on their way out.

One of these was not so much a Drew as a series of unfortunate events on a dropout, the other most certainly was a Drew before Drew was ever Drewing. Mind, this isn't real framebuilding or brazing - this slots unabashedly into the category of "Fun With MIG Welders" - but for the dropout, it was a good approach and I dare say you could say the same about a gas pipe frame.

So, without further working of gums - the first victim, a neo-wannabe-C&Vish Bianchi Brava from the TIG-welded era. It's not C&V in my book, but it's pretty - and it came with a completely stripped dropout hanger. I picked it up along with another frame off the FaceOfferMarkenUps from the same fellow; this one was cheap, and the other not, so it evened itself out.

To be clear, this isn't a Drew and neither was the seller - it just happens to feature damage to the one thing that Drews like to hack off frames. I felt I'd be remiss not to include it.





...and after a few hours under the mad scientist's MIG torch:



...ground and filed...



...and after drilling and tapping (which was a PITA, so I wound up never photographing that specifically):



Fin!



Sadly, a silver ring I ordered for it was a no-show after a month. All things considered, she came out nicely for a parts build.

Running out of 10-photos per post, so adding the rest in...