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1953 Ladies Trojan Super Refresh

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PLERR

Finally riding a big boys bike
Building a bike for my girl and recording the progress here on The CABE. It really just needs some TLC, but I will be rebuilding the coaster brake so that's kind of a big deal for me as it's my first go at that.

Bought here on The CABE from your friend and mine, @kirk thomas. Here's the shot from the ad.

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The "unboxing." It was very well packed, no issues at all.

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After full disassembly and acquisition of a few new parts. OMG headlights are so expensive... :(

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Bare frame in waiting. Not too bad, just a little grimy.

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This might take three weeks, maybe three months. I'm hoping it goes quickly. We'll see...

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I have about 1 1/2 hours into the disassembly and about 2 1/2 hours into the fame cleaning and polishing. A few chips, a few rubs, some paint loss on the kick stand bracket, but all-in-all looking very good. This is an AMF era CWC bike.

(Definitely looking forward to when I swap the fluorescent fixtures in my garage for LED.)

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Kinda like the big sister to this. Also from Kirk. '54, 24". Wish I had the missing tank!
Johnny
Very, very nice! I love painted rims. At the moment her daughter is lined up for a violet '71 24" Schwinn Hollywood, but that would be better! =-D
 
I found one of these but it was too rough for my girlfriend's taste so I 'purttied' it up! V/r Shawn
That is some serious eye candy! Definitely an inspiration, though I'm just going for a refresh and not a full restore. You can see in my parts pics that I picked up the same streamers and blue glass reflector.

This just showed up on CL a few days ago. I contacted the seller and it's a '53 like ours, but the script on the tank and guard is different. Odd...

It's on FB Marketplace too. On closer inspection I think it's been repainted.

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Someone else was parting one out in Erie, PA but he pulled the ads. I'm hoping he changed his mind and is putting it back together. It was a clean bike.

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That is some serious eye candy! Definitely an inspiration, though I'm just going for a refresh and not a full restore. You can see in my parts pics that I picked up the same streamers and blue glass reflector.

This just showed up on CL a few days ago. I contacted the seller and it's a '53 like ours, but the script on the tank and guard is different. Odd...

It's on FB Marketplace too. On closer inspection I think it's been repainted.

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Someone else was parting one out in Erie, PA but he pulled the ads. I'm hoping he changed his mind and is putting it back together. It was a clean bike.

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Yep this one is a repaint. I've actually seen a few of these--must have been popular. I wouldn't have restored the bike but I got "the look"--you know what I mean the look that says "you don't really expect me to ride that piece of crap"! Yours is a much nicer bike and should be left original. V/r Shawn
 
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