Recent content by 49cadillac

I used a rootbeer brown urethane basecoat and clearcoat and an ivory base and clear on the wheels. I plan to pinstripe it a little in ivory as well thanks I cant wait to finish this one and start my 2nd. I think I have the sickness...

Thanks you guys I have never built a bike before this one and I sure got a lot of help here!

Found this at a flea market Took it apart and stripped it Found original graphic Painted it Bought a 1950 springer that was pretty rusted from a guy on the forum for a good price Got it put back together with some new quick bricks and painted s2 rims,still have a few things to do before I...

im not sure it even had a name they had an add on craigslist and when i got down there it looked like they the sold mostly clothing and computer stuff they had three styles a stretch, a beach cruiser and a krate style bike

hard to ride not sure if ill get use to it but it looks cool enough to try

found this at a wholesale place "not a bike guy" for 95 bucks its Chinese but for 95 bucks and he threw in an extra springer for 5 more dollars

anybody know if there is some way to make the threads on a fork longer. I bought a springer (chinese) and its to short to get the nut on? Thanks

just got back from the cabe that is another really cool site-thanks

Thanks everyone I was just thinking the missing parts might be impossible to get

Hi I am new to bikes and am working on my first right now. However I found this today and bought it. As I got to looking at it I began to wonder the definition of to far gone. What do you think? Thanks Todd

well I was going to paint it gold now I'm going to have to go back with black and white. I hate to see it go any other way since its so old. On a side note I was in a bike shop today and saw a two tone brown schwinn (new) with the same graphic as my 49 Anyways thanks and i'll keep you updated :D

Hi I am new to bikes and have my 1st one . according to the number on the bottom it was made by schwinn 12/21/1949 and has a Cadillac head badge. I was soda blasting it today and came across this graphic.the bike appears to have been black and white. thank you