★★ The Young American ★★ (DONE!)

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Well here we go I am gonna be starting with this 1974 Schwinn frame I have no idea what it was but because it's painted like the American Flag and Schwinn made an American so, it's a Schwinn Young American So, young is for me because I'm 13 And My donor bike is gonna be a Schwinn chopper that I will be getting in a few days I'm trying to get that all american gasser look
I now present to you The Young American

And my crank, which is currently getting sandblasted


Here's some inspiration

[herr_rudolf]

Goodluck schwinnray! are you really 13 y.o.??
Have fun!

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Yeah I'm 13 Good luck to you too

[Double Nickle]

If you would like my advise. keep the flag look.

[SCHWINNRAY69]

I am, that's what make my title

[masterpoop63]

looks like a good start

[johnp.smith]

Love the flag paint job, circa 1976???? cool ride already.

[yoothgeye]

Love the flag paint job, circa 1976???? cool ride already.

Hey, don't be stealing my year! haha

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Don't worry, it's a 1974

[strangeframe]

APPROVED!
My favorite frame..

[Fireproof]

Cool idea for your bike build! I'm watching to see what you do with the chopper parts.
When I saw the title, I immediately thought of the drag race car by famous custom car builder, Carl Casper. MPC produced a 1/25 scale model kit of the beautiful red, white, & blue dragster back in the day! Search Google images for "Carl Casper Young American" and click on the photo of the car doing a burn-out . . . it's the one on this page at the bottom. . . . http://www.kustomsofamerica.net/carl_casper.htm but the Google image can be enlarged.
Check out the car and you will find an awesome idea for your bike. ( hint-look closely at the right, front wheel. It’s an “engine-turned” aluminum ring and kind of like a partial “Moon disc”. It was used so the cycle wheel would trip the timing lights at the dragstrip!)
Keep up the good work and all the best on yer build!

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Put on my seat and sissy bar today and redid my badge Also got my conduit for my wheelie bar today (not pictured) Hopefully I will be getting my chopper tomorrow and the build will really get moving Oh yeah, I took the old peeling stickers off and polised up the frame so the paint isn't as dull


Some nice chain with one blue link

And some freshly painted pedals

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Did some work today now that I got my parts Took the green flames off the triple trees and was gonna mock them up but my stem had a different plan It was STUCK I can't get it out, I tried WD-40, Break-Free. and heating the bottom up. Nothing Anyone know of some other ways
Well, here's the forks


And cleaned some parts

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Finally got the stem off I still have to cut it down, probably tonight

[ej599]

Nice!