1935 Schwinn Excelsior Klunker Redux on P6
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Its truly an incredible job of restoration 
,one you would only see a top professional produce,The candy stripes say Schwinn more than schwinn do themselves with their normal paint jobs.
Beautiful finish through out,BOTM is a forgone conclusion i think
Have you thought about adding a bit of white too the forks?
Maybe at the dropouts.just to tie the forks in a little more
Cheers
(or not )
I hope you dont mind ,but i saved the pic of it.The one by the tree
,the paint is leaking into the surrounding area and it looks very cool.
,one you would only see a top professional produce,The candy stripes say Schwinn more than schwinn do themselves with their normal paint jobs.Beautiful finish through out,BOTM is a forgone conclusion i think
Have you thought about adding a bit of white too the forks?
Maybe at the dropouts.just to tie the forks in a little more
Cheers
(or not
)I hope you dont mind ,but i saved the pic of it.The one by the tree
,the paint is leaking into the surrounding area and it looks very cool.
No worries with the pic, it was taken on my phone so I'm supprised it's good enough for you.
Decided to drag it around Dalby Red Route on Saturday so will have some quality action shots hopefully. Off to the vintage clothes shop this afternoon to get some suitable garb for the occasion!
Cheers
Si
Decided to drag it around Dalby Red Route on Saturday so will have some quality action shots hopefully. Off to the vintage clothes shop this afternoon to get some suitable garb for the occasion!
Cheers
Si
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Pickle":3hbls7nl said:Blast from the past dude
Paint job nice, very Breezer-esque
Actually it would be more correct to say that the paint on Breezers was Schwinn-esque, Joe Breeze was a great fan of the Excelsior and styled his bikes accordingly.
A little update...
the correct bars arrived after a 7-8 week wait late on Friday afternoon and were fitted hastily prior to its maiden public outing on saturday around the red route in Dalby. The engineering side of things had one last hurrah as I had to machine a shim to fit said bars to the Ashtabula stem.
So, a final fettle and a service to the hub bearings late on Friday with beer in hand before slinging it in the van at 5:30AM for the journey south.
Theres a full report in the Rides section on how I got on... here are a few pics courtesy of sithlord and P20 of the big day.
Last minute fettle of those terrible brakes....
The second opinion- 'Rather you than me mate!'.....
Ready to roll....
21 years of progress.....
We have lift off!....
Front mech repairs- the only mechanical problem of the day.
So, just waiting for that Excelsior badge to arrive then its off to Mountain mayhem
Keep Klunkin'
Si
the correct bars arrived after a 7-8 week wait late on Friday afternoon and were fitted hastily prior to its maiden public outing on saturday around the red route in Dalby. The engineering side of things had one last hurrah as I had to machine a shim to fit said bars to the Ashtabula stem.
So, a final fettle and a service to the hub bearings late on Friday with beer in hand before slinging it in the van at 5:30AM for the journey south.
Theres a full report in the Rides section on how I got on... here are a few pics courtesy of sithlord and P20 of the big day.
Last minute fettle of those terrible brakes....
The second opinion- 'Rather you than me mate!'.....
Ready to roll....
21 years of progress.....
We have lift off!....
Front mech repairs- the only mechanical problem of the day.
So, just waiting for that Excelsior badge to arrive then its off to Mountain mayhem
Keep Klunkin'
Si
