03-22-2012, 08:38 AM
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Old bikes for restoration are where the term "basket case" came from. Some were partially disassembled and the parts came to the new owner/restorer in baskets.....literally. (Well......boxes, tubs, milk crates etc) Hence the term basket case.
I go to estate sales, public auctions and consignment sales and sometimes score old tools and implements for pennies. Many times just a little TLC and they are perfectly useful tools again. One sale I picked up 2 ground rakes, a spade shovel and a scythe for $1.00. The one rake was rusted through at the corner and no longer useful but the other and the shovel just needed handles. The scythe handle is really rough but it just needed sharpening and still works fine.
I picked up handles (a little weathered but way better than what they had) at a different auction for 50 cents!
I go to estate sales, public auctions and consignment sales and sometimes score old tools and implements for pennies. Many times just a little TLC and they are perfectly useful tools again. One sale I picked up 2 ground rakes, a spade shovel and a scythe for $1.00. The one rake was rusted through at the corner and no longer useful but the other and the shovel just needed handles. The scythe handle is really rough but it just needed sharpening and still works fine.
I picked up handles (a little weathered but way better than what they had) at a different auction for 50 cents!
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