Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Bike

Hey Kansas Jack... Your bike is looking great... I love that picture with the beam of sun shining on the bike... Great shot! As for the way they are mounted... I was wondering the same thing too... The regular fender braces are far too week to hold anything heavier than the fender... Would you mind going into detail about some of the parts on your bike? What rims you used etc... My rims came in the mail today, but im not completely happy with them... I think i will temporarily use them until i restore my S2's or find some screen accurate rims... Anyway, beautiful bike... I followed your progress on the schwinn forums...


Abe, you and i need to talk... I did some design work for Mattel back in 99-2000... I worked for a company that did alot of subcontracting for mechanical prototypes for toys and games... I did quite a bit of mech design and model work for them... Alot of fun but another lifetime... lol... I love the 3d bike... looks great... And thanks for the heads up on the phantom kit... looking to bid on one soon. thanks.

found some images of CMC wheels, apparently their a vintage BMX wheel.

Nice... Yeah, those are the same rims on the hollywood bike... Just a cheap aftermarket rim... They look like the rims off my sisters old beach cruiser... They probably can be found on some old production bikes... Nice detective work.

Been reading about CMC rims... Apparently they came later on Schwinns such as the Whizzer, Corvette... Also on Sears and AMF bicycles... Funny... the Rims i just got in the mail are knock offs of the same CMC style... Very heavy duty rims...

Amazing... Simply Amazing... This has been a dream of mine since I saw this movie... Way back when I was but a wee tike.

Here's the house from the movie. It's at 1846 Oxley St. in Pasadena. It's cool that the fence is still there. Hey Abe, since you live in Los Angeles, we Pee Wee fans are counting on you to buy this house and paint it red.

You could do a tour!:

The Bus Terminal scene was filmed at Grand Central Station in Glendale, CA.

The bike store where Dotty works and where Peewee's bike was stolen is at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA.

The Rodeo scenes were filmed at: L.A. County Fairgrounds Pomona, CA.

The dinosaurs at the truck stop where Pee-wee meets Simone are at the Wheel Inn Restaurant in Cabazon, CA, along I-10 between Los Angeles and Palm Springs.

The Alamo tour-interior, & courtyard scenes were filmed at: Mission San Fernando Rey, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, CA. Mission San Fernando Rey, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Francis' Mansion is located in: Handcock Park Los Angeles, CA.

The hitch-hiking scene with Mickey, were filmed on The Old Road in Newhall, CA.

I live in Valencia which is 5 minutes from Newhall... I pass bye that location where peewee is hitchhiking and they run into "the LAW" almost daily... Still looks the same... In fact i drove my girlfriend by there a couple weeks back specifically to see it... lol... Kind of fun..

picked these signal-stats up off ebay... They have a different part number on them but are the correct size... Im not sure what the difference is... Perhaps they make several variations depending on which light fixture they go to... I think they would look really cool on the rear fenders of a rat rod... Maybe a T-bucket... Anyway, I cant seem to remove the lenses from the bases... Tried everything short of a hammer... lol...

Ha! Boy does this bring me back!

Yeah, i cant find any differences to the ones on the bike other than the part number. The markings on the lens are SAE Signal-Stat PC 13M... I still cant figure out how to remove the lens from the fixture... They have two cutouts on the sides that look like you could use a flat head screw driver but ive tried and am really afraid of breaking the lens... There must be a way to change the bulbs if they burn out... Im hoping when the amber one comes it will have some instructions... It is still in the box... Crossing fingers...


I dont have the parts numbers for the buttons... I have looked around but havent found the exact ones yet... There is a salvage place that has a ton of old buttons that i havent tried yet... And my project box came from electronics city in Burbank... The first one i bought is a tad too small so i need to go back and get the bigger one...

I pretty much have everything ready to go for the bike... The only parts im missing right now are the correct bell, tank buttons, cables... The smaller items... And yeah, i think the handlbars i have to use are about 29"-30" from tip to tip. I have all the chrome parts sitting on my living room floor... Meant to snap a pic before i left for work... Other than that, i have a lot of fabricating ahead... I already started mocking up the items to fabricate with cardboard just to make sure the scale is right. Then im going to carve them out of foam, bondo and then mold, fiberglass... Forgive the bad photo...

Is that a bicycle bones tank? Did you try loosening it up and pushing it back between the seatpost tube like the movie bike?

I'll take a look at my lenses tonight, where did you order the yellow ones from?
Abe

Yeah, it is... For a repop tank, its very nice. The vents in the front are open and it comes with the correct screws... And, you can slide the tank back further without a problem... I saw an original tank on ebay but, figured i would not ruin it by drilling holes... Collecting all these parts has made me really want to buy another dx and restore it, but my girlfriend said i should probably wait until this one is done... She is right... Too many projects...

I contacted tail light king and he recommended to spray lubricant like wd-40 around the lens because there is a rubber o-ring that locks the lens it into place once you snap it in...

A friend of mine wants to make a sister bike to the Pee Wee bike that would be the "Francis bike". Image a similar but "tougher" version of the pee wee bike. Like an evil twin of bicycles.

A girl version for Dottie would be cool too.

They fit into the sequel that should have been.

Nick

Thats a cool idea... I could totally picture an evil version... Ill have to go back and look to see what kind of bike Dottie was sitting on at the end of the movie... Yeah, I remember being bummed out as a kid that he didnt have his bike in the second movie.

Man, a black X1 would look awesome, and wouldnt scream peewee...

I saw those hoops on ebay... Does he sell them in 26"? I guess they would have to be stripped of the anodize or whatever the coating is... Sounds like alot of work, but nice to know its there as a last resort...

Anyone know about the headbadge? One bike has a chrome planes and tranes and the other has none... I went through my screen caps and didnt find any part that shows the headbadge at all... This is the only pic where i have seen a headbadge... I plan on going with the planes and trains...

Here's some signal stats for sale
don't know id it's a good deal or not , I'm not up on the going rates.


2 International Truck Signal-Stat 12v Cab/Signal Lights


Awesome job on these guys.

That looks like a decent deal... For a minute i thought they were red, but then read they were amber... Thanks for posting it.