1951 Girls Schwinn Panther

[skiptoofer22]

Started working on this '51 Panther that I bought from a fellow CABE member a few months back. Wheels and seat will be replaced as the rims are Lobdell 41s and the seat is off a 70s lightweight. The paint is pretty nice and should clean up well, but unfortunately most of the chrome is heavily pitted or rusted, so I will do my best to bring it back. Here are the before pics. Enjoy! -Trevor

 

[skiptoofer22]

Chrome really cleaned up nice! Still need to polish.

 

[oldmtrcyc]

Nice. How did you clean the chrome?

 

[skiptoofer22]

Mostly I'm using super fine #0000 steel wool, but in some places where the oxidation is really bad I'm also using turtle wax rubbing compound with the steel wool.

Nice. How did you clean the chrome?

 

[GTs58]

Chrome really cleaned up nice! Still need to polish.View attachment 921654

 

[skiptoofer22]

After 3+ hours of polishing with steel wool and rubbing compound, I was able to finish the front fender. You can tell how oxidized it was compared to the rear fender.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

i have the correct seat for this.... if interested PM me.

 

[skiptoofer22]

Sorry for the lack of posts. Ended up getting quite a bit done. This is a picture from earlier today. Since then I have added wheels and chain. I will post pictures in the morning.

 

[John G04]

Looks great really nice clean up

 

[rollfaster]

Looking really nice!