Hey All,

I have finally signed up after a few days of stealthing the boards. Just a little intro, I am a university student from northern Ontario and last summer I decided that I wanted to find myself a vintage cruiser bike that I can restore/customize.

Funny enough I was able to find what I believe was a gem of a bike. The bike it a 1950's era Cruiser made by the Werlich Manufacturing Company. This company is no longer in business after, from what i've been told was a serious fire to their plants. This company was based in Preston, Ontario, which for some of you that don't know of Southern Ontario, Canada is a part of a decent size city of Cambridge which is west of Toronto, On. I don't know the exact year of the bike because of the available information on the Werlich company. I ended up emailing the archives for the city of Cambridge to get the general info on the company. Once I get home I will post a thread of the bike on the day of purchase and the various stages i've completed so far, with some generic questions to follow.

I am Looking forward to your comments/opinions that will come from my restore/customizing. Some of what I have planned will surely erkk those who are true to restoration, but given the unique and rarity of this particular manufacturing company odds are I wouldn't find many original parts. I'm hoping to make it look as original as possible, but with a more hotrod paint scheme.