thrift score...

last year at this time we were selling from our amazing stash of over 50 Vintage Speedos...circa 1972, all New Old Stock...at hammer-time these iconic budgie smugglers were a total suprise and turned out to be one of our greatest "thrift scores" ever...

vintage Board Track Racer...

still working on my latest creation...keeping my eye on the mailbox this week for some new skins!!!

here's a LINK to the diary of my latest build on ratrodbikes.com...

vintage Harley T-Shirts...

this vintage bad-ass Harley Davidson T-Shirt recently clocked in at at a whopping $850 according to Defunkd T-Shirt Collective...the Collective keeps an ongoing blog documenting the best of the vintage Harley Shirts with prices realized...you can check it out HERE

Here are some more super-Cool Vintage Harley Biker T's from our files...Happy Hunting! Kevin

vintage snap...

vintage snap...

vintage board track racer...

relaxing weekend in the Bluegrass...took a break form peddling rags to peddling bikes...my latest build is this as found 1930s Aero Flyer conversion to Vintage Board Track Racer... for me, this is more of an "art project" as I am not so mechanically inclined...it's a work-in-progress, stay tuned...like I always say, "you just can't buy patina like this anymore"...

more vintage sweaters...getting work done

   on the softer side of workwear are these Chore Sweaters or Spa Jackets...these vintage Cardigans can get the job done!...sometimes like a cross between a sweatshirt and a sweater and sometimes with a very tight Wool weave, double or triple stitched, reinforced stitched elbows and heavy oversized buttons (the pictured Wilwin has an amazing Crown Bell Zipper)...the dual Waist Pockets are a "must have" for nuts and bolts in the factory setting...enjoy these 1940s era examples from our files, some were ours and some were snagged from recent ebay listings, but for sure, keep your eyes peeled as these often reel-off in the $350-$450 range, making these vintage Work Sweaters a real "Thrift Score"...

vintage shenanigans...

I borrowed this Vintage Snap from the "Mens File" Facebook Page and posted it to my own facebook page yesterday afternoon...I tagged every guy in the picture from my list of most coveted Facebook Buddies...what a hoot!...I was up all night reading the never-ending comments!...of course, I tagged myself as the guy with the biggest...hat...Happy Hunting! Kevin

vintage Shawl Collar Sweaters...

Sweater Weather is right around the corner!...Enjoy these Vintage Shawl Collar Knits from my files...

vintage snap...

the sponsor on the hood is Chesterfield Cigarettes and check out the driver smoking a cig...

vintage racer...

   a couple of years ago I stumbled upon these photos of a recently restored 1928 Harley Davidson "Peashooter"...I keep these photos in a file of favorites and open them on a regular basis...this classic bike has the perfect amount of grease, grit, and battle scars...for me, this bike is pretty much perfect...it runs too!...here's a quote from the original story about the restoration in 2010...  "This fine and unspoiled racer runs extremely well, but it would take a brave man to exploit its full potential on the dirt"...Hell Yeah, where do I sign up?

vintage watch list...

my Ebay "Watch List" this past week...Eclectic yes...sometimes it's not all Selvedge and Triple Stitch...love the Oil Can graphics!...by the way, these are all in order by value at hammer-time, from the super-RARE mid sixties handmade Rene Herse road bike ( $12,600) to the super-CHEESY vintage Jockey Briefs ($160)...
Happy Hunting! Kevin