1948 Schwinn Project Journal

[GTs58]

I've never heard of Schwinn's being sold at Penny's. Planes, Trains and automobile head badge?

 

[Gimletbikes]

Removed & inspected the headlight housing. Got a look inside & found some battery acid damage. Think I still need to neutralize with baking soda after all these years? Also, good photos of the fender & tray - trays nice and straight. Looks like I'll need to drill those rivets for the struts to roll out that gonzo nose. Thanks to SJ_BIKER & bobcycles for the support today

 

[SJ_BIKER]

Nice pics of the damage....once the front brace is off that fender will respond nicely to fender rolling

 

[Gimletbikes]

Removed the tanks and found no sign of the old horn assembly. DID find a cute little mouse living room. Also ancient dirt dauber nests. Can someone please post a closeup photo of the kind of screws this tank is supposed to be attached with? It had mismatched wood screws holding it on, which is neat in a way, but I'd like to know what should really be there.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

eBay has some but you can check hardware store too

 

[Gimletbikes]

Ahhh - oval head machine screws. Thanks for the tip! Looks like one of these might be an original.

 

[Gimletbikes]

More careful disassembly. Removed the crankset. Judging from the amount of live wet grease inside, it has been well maintained. A little bit of fudge in there, but safe to say it petrified as it sat - wasn't ridden much. The 9-ball bearings, retainers and races all look good upon initial inspection. The keyed washer is a little hammered - the tang is just barely there. Looking forward to getting all the rust off this. I will leave the races in the frame for now.

 

[Gimletbikes]

Took the chassis off the homemade seat. I will get new bolts with the new seat pans. Leaving the old ones in the wood - don't want to destroy it.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

ooooooh .. look at the scallops and pinstripes and whatnot.