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Yeah, it was painted by this ladies son about 30 years ago. He sanded it down before he lathered the white house paint on. So there's no getting the original paint back. Im going to strip it all down and start over.

You are correct on the paint. Its horrible. They did sand the bike down before painting 30 years ago so there is no saving the original paint. I am a 100% newbie when it come to bicycles. I have mechanical skills from owning many old cars but bikes are definitely new. I have searched up and...

Can anyone help identify this bicycle? It was given to me by a lady that got it when she was 10 in 1944. She said it was used when she got it. From what i could dig up, I believe its a 1941 Snyder built Wards Hawthorne. It has a New Departure Model D rear brake and New Departure Model WL front...

I'm trying to remove this stem so I can media blast my frame and forks. I believe the bike is a 1941 Wards Hawthorne and it looks like a Rollfast stem. Any tips or tricks? I have had the bike upside down and soaking with Kroil for 5 days. Still won't budge. I haven't beat or pried on it to hard...