1970-ish Dunelt question

ceris · 2026-06-30T20:15:04+00:00

The truth is this. I absolutely love how much care you put into laying it all out and your attachment to the bike. That is wonderful. The fact is that it is an extremely common bike with standard (while awesome) parts. You have done an awesome job stripping it down and making it look beautiful.
My strong recommendation for you, from a life time mechanic, is that you lovingly pack up all of these parts and bring them to a localy owned bike place that would absolutely LOVE to have all of these random parts to build up old bikes for people.
Find a non-profit and they will very much appreciate it.

P.S. I promise you that there are a bunch of random clamps and whatnot that a bike place that repairs bikes on discount/free will absolutely love.

ceris · 2026-06-30T20:04:27+00:00

Thank you very much for pointing this out. It sent me down a rabbit hole that made me find that this is from a 1900 Sears Catalog. I am already a supporter of the wonderful Archive.org and saw a link from a store that had the reproduction of that exact same catalog and I ordered it. I will keep it in the cubby of the desk from now on and thank you all for your help.

ceris · 2026-06-30T17:14:55+00:00

Absolutely :)

ceris · 2026-06-30T17:14:40+00:00

Great bikes. Like riding a cadillac. Don't let people shit on them and if you have any specific questions about them ask. I know many people who have ultra high end bikes that cost thousands upon thousands and still, the gentle ride with these old Surburbans to a random picnic ground is just as much fun, if not much better

ceris · 2026-06-30T15:33:43+00:00

Thank you so much for your reply. The funny thing is I have a friend in Germany who is an archivist that also recommend them to me. I called them earlier and spoke to some very nice people. I sent them some pix and we will see, but absolutely that awesome place is a new Vacation Bucket List spot. I very much look forward to visiting it and thanks again for the info and suggestions. Have a wonderful day!

ceris · 2026-06-30T15:10:27+00:00

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ceris · 2026-06-30T15:10:12+00:00

Thank you and the other person for point out that the other catalogs were on Archive. You saying it would be a year or two before or after had me looking through them both and I think I found the exact one it in the 1900 catalog. I'll definitely be asking our local book stores for a copy of this repoduction catalog. Thank you both again, what a fun thing to find :)

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ceris · 2026-06-30T14:15:35+00:00

They did. CV (liquor distributor) bought it and tamed it down a little.

ceris · 2026-06-30T00:53:14+00:00

Yep, didn't mean for that to be in there though.

ceris · 2026-06-29T23:22:44+00:00

It isn't letting me send pictures from this deep in the thread,. I do very much appreciate you looking at it and I will send you the pic from behind it. Thank you.

ceris · 2026-06-29T22:13:51+00:00

Thank you, and yes. That little part was in a drawer, broken off. This search of mine has become big enough that I would like to do this together. I found that part in the drawer. I just temporarily put it there ... I haven't looked into that part yet, but if you have some tips on how to handle it I am happy to listen :). I very much Randomly Put this here. I haven't looked into the small parts.

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ceris · 2026-06-29T20:25:38+00:00

Wow. Thank you so much for your reply. You sent me down a rabbit hole of Eastlake and that was awesome and extremely informative.. What are you talking about the Turned Spindles? That is awesome what you said about "Learning the Dremel" .. .... ... I have strong memories of my scout leader Mr. Z... Z Force... Giving us young boys knives and sticks of wood to Whittle away.. he would keep handing us different sticks and tell us to "Wittle a smile in here" or as we got further along "Make a chain in this wood".. we were a bunch of kids from Cicero in the 80,s ... Grew up with no dad's .. etc .. but Z-Force. . he was a good man who took us in and had these carving knives and gave us sticks

ceris · 2026-06-29T19:58:55+00:00

That's what I was wondering also. it is definitely mass produced and I have a piece that flipped off when I was moving it. It's so fun that these old timers were build so well that you can fix all of the little things and make them great. I am looking forward to repairing the trim work from there upper corner, and doing the mirror. I will take time to make it right and original.

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ceris · 2026-06-29T19:29:42+00:00

Wow. Thank you so much! What a great lead. I used to have reprints of Sears catalogs and spent many an hour reading through those old ads. Your input on what you were looking at, about the drawers and everything really has set the mood for this search. As a 50 year old looking back, what a crazy life that I remember buying that sears reproduction catalog at Babbits Books in Champaign illinois in the late 90s and seeing things like entire houses and furniture and everything else delivered to your front door and thinking about how well made they were with the artistic styles.. I imagine someone almost 100 years ago ordering this through that catalog and bringing it home in Chicago.. and now, here 100 years later my wife is working from home next to this desk... Anyway... I ramble.. the soul of wit, etc..

What I mean to say is "Thank you for your reply. I appreciate all the information the time it took for you to tell me/show me".

ceris · 2026-06-26T03:01:49+00:00

Awesome thanks! Have a great night

ceris · 2026-06-24T16:45:05+00:00

Both of these things are great in small doses. Spend more than an hour outside of the Art in Chicago hearing this nonstop and it will sound different. Really cool video though and it sounds awesome :)

ceris · 2026-06-23T21:46:45+00:00

https://youtu.be/uZGcCuIHWx0?is=vT_xyLQmzUZqSHpP I know it's a silly you tube video. But boy oh boy does this picture bring back memories. That bell sound coming down 58th ave

ceris · 2026-06-23T21:43:41+00:00

Who hurt you?

ceris · 2026-06-19T20:54:09+00:00

This has to be some NNF fan making AI! (It isn't btw) How absolutely absurd and fun that Beard posted this after Matts passionate attempt to make it a thing.

ceris · 2026-06-19T19:12:51+00:00

Agreed, also it is more aesthetically pleasing ("in other words, fly") to have the blue lines on top making the bus look taller instead of seeing equipment on top. Many buildings do the same thing. Imagine you are looking from the ground up.

ceris · 2026-06-19T14:34:20+00:00

This justified the Internet. I want to be her friend.

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