I had a tricycle just like that one. Had in the garage for years. I restored it for my daughter and it was a real pain taking it apart. She love it! It was red and white. New wheels and new hand grips with ribbons. You did a great job! Thanks for the memories.👍👍
Have restored 4 now and am on my 5th one. If they are complete bikes it is quite simple to do for beginners. The most work is when the bikes are not complete or badly damaged or severely rusted.Restoring these ones as mentioned give me the most pleasure when they are complete. Taking your time is the secret, no time limit is the way.I make new pedals out of serrated decking timber then paint them black ,they look fantastic,any damaged tyres are remodeled using black sikaflex glue to fill in missing bits then reshaped and painted
Beautiful job restoring that tricycle. I have several old trikes myself to restore dating from the 1930s to 1950s. Been collecting and researching them since about 1990, and can identify most vintage trikes by design features if the head badge name is missing. Not sure what name was on the head badge decal on yours, but it was actually made by Midwest/MTD and dates to about 1960, give or take a year or two. The shape of the steel seat is one unique design of MTD (parent company to Midwest). Looks like it could have been badged with a store brand name and sold through a chain store, which US tricycle makers did a lot of back then. MTD is still around and makes lawn mowers today.
How do you do tire replacement? I keep seeing the restorations but no one ever covers the removal or tire replacement. Can you just get the rubber to replace? Do you have to buy the entire wheel? Can you usually buy the whole thing?
You pretty much have to replace the whole thing sometimes depends on the conditions on the parts and most all the time we need to cut parts from the video so it doesn’t go to long
Silly question but it's been difficult finding tires. I have a 45 year old AMF junior I'm getting ready to restore for my 2 year old. Any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!!
Chad Rector hi thy do come in different style but I’m pretty sure that if type in the parts that you are looking for on google you can find pretty much what you need some times you may don’t find it like brand new but in good condition
I just had my first attempt at restoring one ! So much harder that i expected but so satisfied with outcome. Check my vid out and let me know what u think ... obviously am still learning ✌
My sister and i each had one as kids. Thanks for the vid!
I actually remember riding mine with my brother around our neighborhood - that was about a hundred years ago.
Really nice job, friend!
Dude, I have an old tricycle that I want to restore and this gave me a me a little insight into how to start! Thanks
Veda Jim no problem I hope you can do it soon and share with us old tricycles are cool good look with
Well done. Looks great.
I had a tricycle just like that one. Had in the garage for years. I restored it for my daughter and it was a real pain taking it apart. She love it! It was red and white. New wheels and new hand grips with ribbons. You did a great job! Thanks for the memories.👍👍
Have restored 4 now and am on my 5th one. If they are complete bikes it is quite simple to do for beginners. The most work is when the bikes are not complete or badly damaged or severely rusted.Restoring these ones as mentioned give me the most pleasure when they are complete. Taking your time is the secret, no time limit is the way.I make new pedals out of serrated decking timber then paint them black ,they look fantastic,any damaged tyres are remodeled using black sikaflex glue to fill in missing bits then reshaped and painted
This is amazing!
Very good video
Well done
Thanks 🙏
Beautiful job restoring that tricycle. I have several old trikes myself to restore dating from the 1930s to 1950s. Been collecting and researching them since about 1990, and can identify most vintage trikes by design features if the head badge name is missing. Not sure what name was on the head badge decal on yours, but it was actually made by Midwest/MTD and dates to about 1960, give or take a year or two. The shape of the steel seat is one unique design of MTD (parent company to Midwest). Looks like it could have been badged with a store brand name and sold through a chain store, which US tricycle makers did a lot of back then. MTD is still around and makes lawn mowers today.
Nice video!
Beautiful restoration
Thanks
Very talented ☺️
For your first attempt at powder coating, I'd say it's perfect! Well done 🙂
How do you do tire replacement? I keep seeing the restorations but no one ever covers the removal or tire replacement. Can you just get the rubber to replace? Do you have to buy the entire wheel? Can you usually buy the whole thing?
You pretty much have to replace the whole thing sometimes depends on the conditions on the parts and most all the time we need to cut parts from the video so it doesn’t go to long
ficou maravilhoso
i have RF old tricycle, but it wheels is wavey, how to fix it..? thanks
Hi bro 👋👋👋 very good restoration tricycle 👍👍👍👌🏽
My kids would love this
Shylo Kahika hope they enjoy the video like I did
Where did you buy the new parts like bushings and grips?
I buy all my parts on eBay I just look for wat I need there hope it help you
What was the clear spray and sand paper for? What is the clear spray?
The spray that I used was a high temperature primer and sand paper to sand it it’s Anything else that I can help you with?
How did you tackle the wheels and tires?
Jason Bianchi it has 2 bolts
ALEX CHRONICLES looks awesome! I was more wondering, did you remove the tires from the wheels?
Silly question but it's been difficult finding tires. I have a 45 year old AMF junior I'm getting ready to restore for my 2 year old. Any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!!
Chad Rector hi thy do come in different style but I’m pretty sure that if type in the parts that you are looking for on google you can find pretty much what you need some times you may don’t find it like brand new but in good condition
What's in the bottle? Why doesn't he tell us what things that he's using are?
High temperature primer is anything else that you need to know?
I just had my first attempt at restoring one ! So much harder that i expected but so satisfied with outcome. Check my vid out and let me know what u think ... obviously am still learning ✌
I probably would have kept the handlebar Chrome tbh,