Special thanks to GTs58 for your insights on the paint job! Here's what I think I found out last night:
--Exactly what GTs58 said appears to be the case: originally a red bike with white pin striping. The red exposed areas faded to a red/gold look before the bike was repainted blue. As GT said, the areas where the white pin striping were would likely now be the original red color, and they are.
--I removed some of the re-paint from the fenders, and they exhibited the same color transformation, so they appear to have been originally painted red with white pinstripes. I'm carefully trying to document via photo exactly where the pin striping was in hopes of recreating them.
--I tried to carefully remove the re-paint from the seat tube, but unfortunately did not come across any decals. However, as you can see from the shot below, the area of the tube where the decal was seems to have been is clearly identified by the area where the original red color is intact. Any insights anyone has on this is greatly appreciated.
--I was able to find a marking on one of the rims, it reads: M. O. Mfg. Co. This rim is not painted, it's chrome that needs a fair amount of TLC. The other rim appears to be painted, and I've not found any markings on it as of yet.
Hopefully the painted fenders will help us narrow down the types of Schwinn this may be.
Onward!
Red paint on fender where the original white pinstriping was, 3/4" from the edge of the fender
Original red paint on seat post seems to have been preserved by where a decal once was
Another shot of the preserved red paint on the seat post
--Exactly what GTs58 said appears to be the case: originally a red bike with white pin striping. The red exposed areas faded to a red/gold look before the bike was repainted blue. As GT said, the areas where the white pin striping were would likely now be the original red color, and they are.
--I removed some of the re-paint from the fenders, and they exhibited the same color transformation, so they appear to have been originally painted red with white pinstripes. I'm carefully trying to document via photo exactly where the pin striping was in hopes of recreating them.
--I tried to carefully remove the re-paint from the seat tube, but unfortunately did not come across any decals. However, as you can see from the shot below, the area of the tube where the decal was seems to have been is clearly identified by the area where the original red color is intact. Any insights anyone has on this is greatly appreciated.
--I was able to find a marking on one of the rims, it reads: M. O. Mfg. Co. This rim is not painted, it's chrome that needs a fair amount of TLC. The other rim appears to be painted, and I've not found any markings on it as of yet.
Hopefully the painted fenders will help us narrow down the types of Schwinn this may be.
Onward!
Red paint on fender where the original white pinstriping was, 3/4" from the edge of the fender
Original red paint on seat post seems to have been preserved by where a decal once was
Another shot of the preserved red paint on the seat post
