Recent content by cl222

changed it a little. Added a little period correct piece too.

I say leave the box as it its. Awesome bike

Decided to just leave the paint like this for a while. I will eventually do a repaint because I get bored with colors after a few years. I think it'll be a good two years before I go a seafoam green and white on this. or cobalt blue and white but anyway I will do something a lil better next...

I just have a few more things to do which includes buying a chain... I repainted the fork and did the wheels. Made a little set up for pictures. I like how it came out... its something I've been thinking about building for a while and when I saw this bike for sale I knew it was the perfect one...

Ran out of paint for the wheels so until there done here it is on the wall.

I am 15 and help out at my local shop for discounted parts/entire bikes. Since i'm not old enough to be legitimately hired without filling out a thousand pages of paperwork, I can go in whenever I want or when I'm called in. The owner only has 1 other employee so sometimes I get called in. But...

I need about 5 more links and It will finally have a chain.

I decided to go even simpler for paint. This is the design that I'm doing for sure. Paint is bought and ready to go.

I'm going insane trying to take this paint off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:headbang: Its just not coming off?!?!?! I've decided to just sand the yellow paint smooth and get it thin. Then do a million coats of primer and sand that between coats... not much else I can do for it. Its just so pitted under...

The frame seems to have an interesting history.

Its not going to change much. I have different plans for the paint than the yellow and white drawing. I'm working on a new drawing with yellow and dark red. Also the paint thats on there right now is like sandpaper because the metal is pitted underneath it. and it will have a chain. The hardest...

Been a while so heres the latest. Its ready for paint and needs to be torn down. But it just looks so good sitting there!

Nope not replaced... I didn't know that this was a schwinn style sprocket, I learned somthing!!!:banana: http://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1893_1940/1917_04.html

Probably been replaced with a post war or later 1/2'' pinch. But not all pre wars are skiptooth... My sears master is not skiptooth and it was built in 1915 or 1916.