>>2050237I'm still in a little bit of disbelief myself :D But it's real and it's down in my basement parked next to my manual reel mower. I need to find a torpedo headlight for it, that is missing.
Since I have my bike now, I will share my runner-up, in case one of you guys are interested. I almost purchased this one,
https://www.ebay.com/itm/167683530114It's a 40th anniversary reproduction of a 1950 Western Flyer built by the same company that made the original Western Flyer tank bicycles. It was $400 sticker price in 1990, there were only 5000 made, and that thing is basically brand new. Adjusted for inflation, that should be >$1000. If I had an extra $425 that I could spend on it without my wife killing me, I would have bought it already :D The auction is a relisting, the last time it closed with no bidders.
You can actually verify what I've told you, because on the wikipedia page they reference a Popular Mechanics article which talks about this exact bicycle,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Flyer_(bicycle_company)#cite_note-PopularMechanicsMarch1996-5 