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I just joined the site, just now.

I traded a Jet Star 3 Speed banana seat boys muscle bike for a really rough Raleigh Chopper Mark 2 3 speed.

I know zero about Raleigh choppers other than what I found out in the last few days.

I found out parts are very hard to find, no one has them and they are super expensive.

My bike was originally red with yellow stickers.

There is no chrome left on the bike only heavy, pitted rust everywhere.

The sissybar won't come out and the pin holding the crank arm in place on the sprocket side is rusted tight and just mashed down completely and bent and died when I tried to hit it.

Someday I may get it apart.

I am missing the front fender.

The rims have rusted clean through and the handlebars are nearly rusted through and so is the gooseneck.

The crank arms are bent.

Even so, I want to return this thing to rideable respectable condition. I have deceided to paint all the chrome parts and replace the parts too badly pitted to use or too damaged to use or too missing to use.