Hey fellas, new member here. Here's a thread dedicated to my first build, named Sasha. Its an authentic Schwinn frame built April 1983, with several other miscellaneous parts, mostly Schwinn from different eras.
Personally, I love the whole DIY spirit of rat rods and applying it to cruisers is awesome. Im not finished yet with mine, but I wanna share some progress shots...
Here's the frame when I first bought it. The original color was red, but some moron used industrial blue paint over the original coat.
My neighbor/friend luckily helped me strip as much of that blue crap off as we could.
My original idea was to just throw a clear coat over the bare frame, but unfortunately after days of sanding and chemicals we couldnt get all the blue crap off. So I painted a matte black coat over it.
Upon research I figured out that the frame is an April 1983 frame, the forks are pre-1983, and the Schwinn badge is pre-1970's.
Here it is about half way completed. Wheels are aftermarket, obviously.
I now just today acquired nearly all the rest of the parts needed. I am however making a completely custom seat so that'll take some time. I also plan on adding some other things.
Thanks for checking this stuff out.![113 :113: :113:](/forum/styles/fusion/xenforo/smilies/113.gif)
Personally, I love the whole DIY spirit of rat rods and applying it to cruisers is awesome. Im not finished yet with mine, but I wanna share some progress shots...
Here's the frame when I first bought it. The original color was red, but some moron used industrial blue paint over the original coat.
![1507764_707126872680099_6784172912660941917_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e16/e167b46976cab357ea8e362d6a48acbd.jpg)
My neighbor/friend luckily helped me strip as much of that blue crap off as we could.
![14851_707126839346769_7226948370761642214_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/6f0/6f0d2b481353598203c44d719a8a126e.jpg)
![10260019_707126852680101_1857144081898777500_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b1c/b1c896a5dd324c5ba7e1d9f6514c80f6.jpg)
My original idea was to just throw a clear coat over the bare frame, but unfortunately after days of sanding and chemicals we couldnt get all the blue crap off. So I painted a matte black coat over it.
![10320433_707126999346753_6559418135342678539_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/351/351ee2a96e6668136fc0f0c89f6b7ff4.jpg)
![10338830_707126962680090_3818116216940757128_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/5a0/5a094ea13c748822044654c7434869c2.jpg)
Upon research I figured out that the frame is an April 1983 frame, the forks are pre-1983, and the Schwinn badge is pre-1970's.
![10171643_707126976013422_1684819994965697786_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b48/b488770f22df25f8d1f7b272f8a82394.jpg)
Here it is about half way completed. Wheels are aftermarket, obviously.
![1972403_707126929346760_3124150719282232382_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/fc3/fc376c93b7e84cf02b091d01e1f39f25.jpg)
![10322846_707126896013430_8866619317992035881_n.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dc1/dc1f1cb06146412940c23f834d9d694d.jpg)
I now just today acquired nearly all the rest of the parts needed. I am however making a completely custom seat so that'll take some time. I also plan on adding some other things.
Thanks for checking this stuff out.
![113 :113: :113:](/forum/styles/fusion/xenforo/smilies/113.gif)