1953 Panther Reclamation

[RustyHornet]

This is sweet! I'm a huge green lover and this is perfect. Love the tire choice.

 

[ballooney]

Thanks for all of your compliments. This has been a really fun project so far. Speaking of which...wife is out with her friends and I put my son to bed EARLY! Bike Time!!! Tonight was spent on pedals, chain, and rear wheel. I rebuilt the Bendix hub which was my first non New Departure and it was quite simple in the end. I picked up a chain from npence a while back and it cleaned up nicely. I soaked it in Simple Green for a day and then gave it a 24 hour bath in Evaporust. Here is the before:

And After...

I even tore into a set of pedals for the first time...down to cleaning all 20 bearings! By the way, Evaporust is an amazing product. Here are the pedals that I started with:

and after...

I'm getting really close and am hoping to finish the panther up this weekend.

 

[Awhipple]

Can't wait to see it!

 

[Artifex]

Wow. You made the right decision and kudos to your patience on letting it all come together. This looks awesome. Nice job - like everyone I am anxious to see the finished product.

 

[ballooney]

Finito!

...drum roll please...the finished Panther is unveiled...

I'm really stoked with how this project turned out. The bike came out better than I expected and not only does the bike look rad, it is the smoothest riding Schwinn I have. Sorry about the last pic, I can't make it appear correctly on this site...super frustrating

 

[RustyHornet]

This turned out amazing. Great work! I would agree the straight bar Schwinns ride fantastic.

 

[sleepy]

Beautiful job, bike turned out great!

 

[rollfaster]

I love it. Always liked the two tone green panthers. Red tires look great with the green too. Give yourself a pat on the back. Great job.