volklgirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
After hearing our family talk about riding together, my Grandma (who turned 90 in April) has decided she wants to get back to riding. She used to ride daily until she had a huge crash on the big hill right by their house about 10 years ago. So, we decided that a 3-wheeler was in order. I found one for sale, chained to a telephone pole on our way home from downstate one day. $75 and much grunting later, it was loaded into the van, on it's way to our house. Close scrutiny of our purchase showed it to be mechanically sound but incredibly rusty from sitting outside. It also had a shredded brake cable housing and 3 dry-rotted tires.
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Here's what it originally looked like:
So, I got to work on it (turns out the paint was originally a pretty opalescent off-white, but now it's just a flat, boring cream):
Left wheel before scrubbing, right wheel after:
The front wheel after scrubbing:
Pictures after the paint job up next!
For larger view, click pic to go to host site, then click Full Size under the bottom right corner of the picture.
Here's what it originally looked like:
So, I got to work on it (turns out the paint was originally a pretty opalescent off-white, but now it's just a flat, boring cream):
Left wheel before scrubbing, right wheel after:
The front wheel after scrubbing:
Pictures after the paint job up next!
She even called me the next day to tell me she had ridden around the parking lot twice that day. 
