Originally Posted by jljack
Hi - I am buying a Belair Bantam from the 1940s. Here's a pic. I don't know much about it except that it works and it's only a couple of pounds heavier than a Featherweight. Anything you can tell me would be bonus..I tried Googling, but didn't find hardly anything.
I've had a couple, and one IMPORTANT thing I can tell you is the repro HC's won't work on them!! It's important to me because I thought I could have a lightweight 99 clone (yes, Billy, I know you hate that word!! LOL!!) to carry around with me. I gave one of mine to a machinist in hopes he can make an adapter so the repro handcranks will work. (The repro wheels won't work, either, although they can be lapped out and made to fit.)
Otherwise, they are very similar to a 99.