1947 CWC Comet clean up

[DonChristie]

A little more suckcess cleaning painted parts. This is kind of like being stuck in hell, nice bike to work on but its a repaint!

 

[ozzie]

A little more suckcess cleaning painted parts. This is kind of like being stuck in hell, nice bike to work on but its a repaint!

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Appreciate it for what it is. Can’t find classic usa bikes in Australia. The three i have i had to pay a heap to get them here and they were only frames. You guys have got it too good! Enjoy it mate, its a unique killer bike i would love to own .

 

[all riders]

I have seen ONE of these that was green from the factory- -all others were either black/white or, like my '46, the wine/white combo that yours appears to have been. In '47 there would have been a "dart" on the top bar emanating from the steerer and the detail on the fork blades would be thee lines with the middle one being longest. ---I would have bought that bike in a second; the paint doesn't bother me one bit

 

[Oilit]

A little more suckcess cleaning painted parts. This is kind of like being stuck in hell, nice bike to work on but its a repaint!

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Sheesh! You thought it looked great until you realized it wasn't original. I still think it looks great, if it made a kid happy 70 years ago then good for him!

 

[DonChristie]

Thanks @Oilit Joel, its coming along pretty nicely! I am just leaving it but all cleaned up. I believe this repaint was done with a brush! Atleast the Blue. Look under the rack, you can see the original color and what appears to be brush strokes. If only bikes could talk!

 

[GTs58]

Damn nice brush job! Not to many can brush paint a bike in oil and make it look that nice.

 

[REC]

One of the coolest repaint bikes I've seen. Cleaning it up is only doing it justice! Bad to the bone!!
REC

 

[Superman1984]

@DonChristie At Least It's Not Red! Glad to see you didn't strip it back. I like it & if it was a Good job assembled for a Decent price you can live with for the quality of the bike; jus' run a magnet over it & continue to make a cleaned up Rider/Roller.

 

[DonChristie]

Well here she is all done and looking good. Such nice lines on her! Enjoy!

 

[Oilit]

Well here she is all done and looking good. Such nice lines on her! Enjoy!

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Those bikes do have nice lines! Excellent work!