A Shelby nicknamed "Queenie"

[John D. Williams]

Not extensively customized but might give an idea to someone with a bike with really bad paint. I bought this at Copake, stripped the paint, and the metal and brazing was so beautiful that I just clearcoated it. Black paint on wheels, a retro flashlight, and Queenie was born. Long since gone but one of my most beautiful bikes.

 

[Girlbike]

This one was stripped for paint when my son asked me to put it together bare. We loved it! It was taken back apart,, scotch brited, coated with boiled linseed oil.
A Ross named "Josephine"

 

[John D. Williams]

This one was stripped for paint when my son asked me to put it together bare. We loved it! It was taken back apart,, scotch brited, coated with boiled linseed oil.
A Ross named "Josephine"
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Beautiful

 

[Girlbike]

Beautiful

Thank you!
I like the one you posted too. Mine had this thick, hard as a nail, yellow paint on it. The good news is that it really protected it from rust, and pitting. When I bought it for a song, it had no rear wheel, sunk about an inch into mud. Under the paint, the metal was pretty close to perfect!