1950 20" DX

[Pantmaker]

Here are pics of the little bike I snagged a few weeks ago. This is gonna clean up nicely.

 

[professor72]

Man, I want one of these to add a solo polo and wide apes to, so cool!

 

[GTs58]

Cool little ballooner. Is it spoken for yet or is there going to be a coin toss between the twins?

 

[REC]

I bought one with a few less parts attached a few years ago off of eBay. It was advertised as a early Sting-Ray. I knew better and stuck a bid on it that ended up a winner. This one is a '52, but it is the same frame and size.
It will be interesting to see where you end up with yours!
Before and after shots:

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[professor72]

Last summer I did find two 20" ballooner projects like this on that I haven't done anything with yet. The first is a Shelby 20" straight-bar (like a Donald Duck frame) and the other is a Western Flyer. I really like the factory paint and geometry of the Schwinn's though though for an early pig bike.

 

[Pantmaker]

This little pig is cleaning up nicely.

 

[GTs58]

Looking good! You're going to need a new chain guard decal before that hits the street.

Schwinn *----- CHERRY BOMB ------*​

 

[Pantmaker]

Looking good! You're going to need a new chain guard decal before that hits the street.

Schwinn *----- CHERRY BOMB ------*​

Gary...sorry. Here's the little guard. Still in nice shape. I'm still bangin' away on fender dents...its like Wack-a-Mole

 

[REC]

Check out the chainguard on this one! IT was not quite as nice as yours!
Before - as purchased:

After throwing a hammer at it:

Because I had to try it:

This was an exercise in futility - I used a different guard on the bike after thinking about it. But this was fun... for a couple of hours.

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Jealous cause yours is that nice to begin with!!

 

[sfhschwinn]

Nice bike. I am selling a 56 if anyone is interested it's in complete bikes for sale. Same color red with tank!