1961 Skipper Refurbish

[Bike boys]

Ive had this on an other thread before and in the faded chain guard the Sk--per I saw very faint. It was painted pink then red without primer not professional. I bought it for 20 bucks and I'm in the process of fixing it with my younger brother. My brother and I started getting into old bikes since we were 10 and we're 5 years older now. Its a really fun hobby to be "busy" with. Here are some pictures of it when we got it, stripping paint with a 50+ year old blow torch, sanding,

Pretty ugly

Still have some paint to get off the brackets

and what came out of the crank. What's left of the bearings. Anyone know where I can get the skipper decal and new bearings and bearing cups? Thanks I'll keep you guys posted.
Noah and Isaac

 

[sludgeguy]

http://www.memorylane-classics.com
They have a ton of stuff! Great people too! Or
http://www.vintageschwinn.com/decals.html
Its a place to start. Looking good so far!

 

[REC]

Ive had this on an other thread before and in the faded chain guard the Sk--per I saw very faint. It was painted pink then red without primer not professional. I bought it for 20 bucks and I'm in the process of fixing it with my younger brother. My brother and I started getting into old bikes since we were 10 and we're 5 years older now. Its a really fun hobby to be "busy" with. Here are some pictures of it when we got it, stripping paint with a 50+ year old blow torch, sanding, View attachment 435407
Pretty ugly View attachment 435404 View attachment 435402 View attachment 435406Still have some paint to get off the brackets View attachment 435411 and what came out of the crank. What's left of the bearings. Anyone know where I can get the skipper decal and new bearings and bearing cups? Thanks I'll keep you guys posted.
Noah and Isaac

Hello Guys,
That appears to be a 24" bike based on the headtube. It also looks like the chainguard was mutilated!
It also appears that your work is cut out for you! It's nice to see someone of your generation jumping into the hobby. I will be watching to see where you go with this. I just finished re-doing one of these (and even the same size!) that was the last of the three sizes this particular design came in. Always liked them because they were different than the rest of the line.

In regard to the decals and such, they are slightly different on this size bike, but give Memory Lane a shot anyway. Are you going to original or just to get it back to "shining and rideable"? By the way.. $20 bucks was a heck of a deal, even considering the condition. Major score!

Good luck, and keep posting your progress. I'm anxious to see where this goes.

REC

 

[Bike boys]

I will be making it shiny and original, but still rideable. Perfect but not too perfect. primer tonight hopefully

 

[REC]

I sent you guys a private message - has to do with parts. See if you can get into the private messages section. Let me know.

REC

 

[Bike boys]

Got home today and went right to work. Turns out my rims are shot. Rusted all the way through.. going to try to find some of them. Handlebars cleaned up very nice. Fenders are a little cringed at the front. May just keep them like that if I find some for cheap I'll buy them. I'll have pictures tonight again
Thanks

 

[Bike boys]

Looks like my brother found some new projects... got quite a bit of projects going on. But I'm still kicking on this skipper. Here is some pics of his new finds

got some snow now...

1970 Honda 350.

Here is some progress on this skipper. I looked at my rims and wow. They are trashed! It's been sitting for a while!

pink and red colors can't get out of my head... if they were a girl, why not buy a Debbie? Going to get some thicker sandpaper and hopefully get the bike with primer by the end of the week. Thanks for looking
Noah

 

[morton]

Got home today and went right to work. Turns out my rims are shot. Rusted all the way through.. going to try to find some of them. Handlebars cleaned up very nice. Fenders are a little cringed at the front. May just keep them like that if I find some for cheap I'll buy them. I'll have pictures tonight again
Thanks

Great to see someone your age doing something besides video gaming or staring vacant eyed at a smart phone. Keep at it! I predict you will go far in life my son!

 

[Bike boys]

Thanks, yah my generation is nuts in my opinion, I kind of do my own think. I'm and independent person along with my brother. So can I get the Schwinn badge for the off memory lane and it would fit? Or would it be too big? Would I ask for a 24" badge? And the 8" star Schwinn decal on the frame is too big as well? All decals are smaller on this particular bike?
Thanks guys for your input guys your really helping us go further into this project

 

[GTs58]

The head badge should be the one that's 3.25" long with the hole spacing at about 2.75". It would also be the one without Chicago at the bottom. Pretty sure the Schwinn top tube decal was pretty much the same on most all of these early 60's bikes, just make sure it's the one that has a slight curve. The smaller straight line decal was used on the down tubes and Sting Rays.