It’s a brand-new year—and for some of us, that means new projects with old friends. Rescue Story is a YouTube channel with a penchant for vintage Jawas from the 1960s, among other two- and three-wheeled relics. To start the year off right, he got right to work on this two-stroke Jawa machine. It’s a good thing that he did, because whew, it’s clearly been sitting outside for a very long time.
Despite the initial impressions of rust and sadness, it appears that the bike underneath it all is in pretty solid shape. Surface grime and oxidation can be solved pretty easily, with some elbow grease, cleaning equipment, chemicals, and of course a bunch of hand tools to take things apart and really get in there. We’ll probably never know how on earth that giant chunk got taken out of the rear tire, but since it’s clearly going to need to be replaced, it’s also probably not the biggest issue in the world.
