Wifes Hollywood-before/after

[ej599]

Before:

After:

 

[RawBert]

WOW! that chrome sure cleaned up well... that 2 speed looked like the chrome was gone. Nice work, looks great!

 

[KOTA]

NICE!.................Hope she appreciates all your HARD work. :lol:

 

[Mr. Farrell]

haha... she sure does clean up nice. :mrgreen:

 

[ej599]

NICE!.................Hope she appreciates all your HARD work. :lol:

Beats washin' dishes! :wink:

 

[ej599]

I do all the test flights. 'First gear, it's allright'

"She's breaking up! She's breaking up!"

Just Kidding, I like this bike. Too bad she does too!

 

[GTCOMA]

that turned out great. i love that color

Are those the original tires? they look like they are in pretty good shape

 

[Mr. Farrell]

so... what's your chrome cleaning method???

 

[ej599]

Yeah those are original but there's some cracking between the treads on the riding surface. I may put some Westwind whitewall repops on it so she doesn't crash (my wife) while she's riding. It's a 1970 and I clean rust with bronze wool and WD-40. If fine doesn't work I use medium or course. You have to keep the wool and chrome lubed and wipe occasionally with a oily rag to remove the chrome/metal/rust fragments or they will scratch. It's messy but I love the smell of WD-40. Then windex and car wax. The kickstand and fender braces were hit with a bench grinder with a wire brush and clear coated. I cleaned and rebuilt the hubs and other bearings. I'd like to put a nice chrome Starlet tank and a generator light set up on it. I kept telling her 'You need a Schwinn, You need a Schwinn.' Now she sees why, it's a solid bike.

 

[Mr. Farrell]

cool. thanx for the advice.

i kinda like that wd-40 smell too. kinda the same as liking the smell of gasoline.

 

[sensor]

she cleaned up great and glad to hear your wifes enjoying it :mrgreen: