Dear
Steve:
I
promised you that I would send an “AFTER” photo of the bike when it was
completed. Last October I fired
up my “Tigger” (started on the first kick!).
What fun I have had doing this total restoration.
I took it to the swap meet and show at Woodstock (IL) and there
were many comments of praise by onlookers (really made me feel good for the
TLC and many hours put in getting the bike finished).
The
Cub was 100% disassembled and down to bare metal.
I had the frame powder coated and the tin matched in Aztec red urethane
paint. Though this was a silver
’57 Cub, I had a red ’58 T20J when I was a kid of 14.
I was compelled to paint it red so I could relive my boyhood memories.
I use to cruise around my hometown with a group of my friends who had
Whizzers and Cushmans. There was
a 14 year old driving law in effect at the time in Illinois.
It lasted for two years. We
had good times impressing ourselves, and the local “fuzz”.
The Cub was the leader of the pack.
I
traded the Cub to a fella from the south side of Chicago who wanted to fix it
up to race flat track at the Santa Fe Speedway.
I got a Norton 500 in exchange, but always missed my little Cub.
The lower end bearing had blown and I did not have the money or
knowledge to fix it.
You
may recall that I was looking for a Cub for several years.
Just want to say thanks again for your website!
I have met many Cub enthusiasts through E-mail who have been quite
helpful with technical advise on my Tiger Cub.
Special thanks go to Bill Reimenschneider of Super T Specialties in
State Center, Iowa, and also to
Martyn Adams (UK), Ray Corlew, Greg Bidou, and Allan Robinson.
I
was able to get the Cub titled initially through Alabama.
This saves a lot of grief in the Illinois lost title process.
It now has an Illinois antique motorcycle license plate, “57 CUB”.
Keep
in touch! -- and Happy New Year!
Regards, Jim
p.s.:
Feel free to include this message and the attached digital picture of Tigger
in your website along with my first message and the picture of
"BEFORE".
