Eddie_Boy
Finally riding a big boys bike
Not much to report this morning other than my decision. Lately, as I am working on this ’36 La Salle, I have been asking myself, “Should I clean or not clean? So yesterday, as I was walking down our old 1930s kitchen galley, outside the window, I see the top of “Sissy” our ’54 Chevy 3100. She’s also blue, my favorite color, and in some areas, top of the cab and the tail gate specifically, not washed or even wiped down. After decades of being exposed to the elements, the tailgate shows its natural two tone look. If you wipe down, the white surrounding the Chevrolet and all the years that created this look, would rub off. So as long as I have owned her, I have never cleaned the tailgate with soap. So after seriously considering whether to clean or not clean, leave “as found”, I finally decided on the latter. I know…not a favorable decision by most, but here’s another reason why. The ’36 La Salle originally came unequipped, no tank, no rack, no light Just like “Cochina” our ’36 DBR. With our DBR, I too left the frame, fork, and fenders uncleaned and as found condition when I got her, and I love that look on her. That’s why I plan to do the same with this blue ’36. It doesn’t mean maybe in the future, I will decide to clean her up and show off more of her pretty Schwinn blue color later. For now I’ll focus on getting her mechanically sound, just like what I did with our DBR. So that’s our plan. Your thoughts.
"Cochina", '36 Schwinn DcurvedBR
"Sissy", '54 Chevy 3100
"Cochina", '36 Schwinn DcurvedBR
"Sissy", '54 Chevy 3100