International man of....
 

MORE BIKES! Seriously, this is starting to get out of control, but that usually is when the fun starts:D

Anyway, trolling CL I found an ad for a 74 International. With some help from KonAaronSnake, I picked the frame/fork up yesterday. It was 98% stripped but still needed quite a bit of stripping. The chrome is in decent shape and there are only 2 small (smaller than a pea) dings.

I took it over to Spectrum cycles today (I'm there usually once a week or so trying to learn) for a checkup. Someone made the rear spread 124mm by only bending the right chainstay....:twitchy: Damn hipsters. Jeff reset the bike to 120mm (I'm attempting a period or close to OE rebuild) and made sure everything was alignment, including the head tube which was slightly tweaked. I'm pretty sure it's better aligned now than it ever was! While I was there, he showed me how to install braze ons for a bottle holder. I know it didn't come with them but it's my bike, I don't care for clamp on holders and it already was messed up SO on they went.

Here are some pictures. I need to decide on a color....
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...rebikes008.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...rebikes009.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/v...rebikes010.jpg

you lucky S.O.B! Thats gonna be an awesome project. I've got a frame I really need to get the alignment looked at on, maybe I should take a ride down to Spectrum sometime.

Bring it on Sunday. I can drop it off for you if you want. He usually does it while I wait

Braze-on WB mounts or Riv-Nuts???

Braze ons. Drilling the holes made me wince

I like the Internationals in green

This is the color that I have in mind. I think it would really accent the chrome nicely. It's called Delphin Grey Metallic. Plus it'd match my BMW:D