Thanks for the response Quenton. If you have a close up of that bracket you welded I might try to do something similar.
My Whizzer isn't quite finished yet. I've been working on it all summer and have a few more things to complete before I try to fire it up. My dad bought back in the day when he 15 or 16 and its been in the family ever since. When he passed away, I decided to fix it up for my grand children to enjoy. I know I put a lot of miles on it each summer.
I don't think I could have done it without this web site. I'm not all that mechanically inclined but after seeing what others were doing it gave me enough confidence to go for it.
I stripped the paint and sanded the frame. I had to skimp on the paint job because I couldn't afford to have it done professionally, so I just used spray cans. Maybe next year I'll tear it down and have it done right.
Here's what it looks like so far.
The first thing you will notice is that the black leather saddle is missing. I sent the pan off to a place in Florida to have it recovered and the "Whizzer" logo embosed into it. The orignal was in bad shape and would have looked out of place given the rest of the restoration.
This is the front fork assembly where you can see the "Whizzer" face plate attached. I didn't do such a good job attaching the headlight but it is rock solid so at least it won't fall off. I bent the bracket so account for the angle of the forks.
This is a good picture of the 1949 Michigan Cycle plate. They don't normally title a moped in Michigan but because my father had the original title from back in '49 that indicated it was a motor cycle, when I took the title in to get it transferred into my name I was able argue successfully that they should give me a new title as a motor cycle. It may be the only Whizzer motor cycle in Michigan.
This is a side view of the engine. I am planning on hooking up the echo tube exhaust pipe this weekend. I tore it all down and installed a new piston, rings, valves and gaskets. I even learned how to do the valve lapping from youtube. I tore down the carb and rebuilt it.
I found place in Muskegon MI that chromes small pieces and had the rear rack and the brake hubs re-chromed. The front fork and tank was already chromed but I sent them up there to make them look as good as the lobdel dimpled rim.
You can see here the 5" drum brakes. I had the wheels re-spoked by a guy that owns a Schwinn place in town here. He got a kick of working on the old school stuff. They used ss spokes.
I used the fuel filter but I don't know if I will need it. The inside of the tank is very clean.
This one shows the Sturmey-Acher drumb brake. I need to find a brake cable before I take it on the road.