falcondave
Look Ma, No Hands!
Found this one about 4 years ago.Bike was really ugly when I got it.It had a cheap blue and silver spraycan paint job that was falling off in places and rotten white walls.I bought it because I liked the truss forks. Didn't know what it was untill I got it home and turned upside down and seen 1942 date.Did some research and found out it was military issue and got very excited.Started looking closer and there was little bits of green showing everywhere.Took some mild solvent aka carb cleaner and tried it on spray paint and it started to come off.The original green was not effected by the cleaner.Usaully I hate it when people repaint old items but this time I have to thank them because it did a wonderful job preserving the original paint.Months of painstaking cleaning later I stood back to take a look and had to salute the veteran for its service.The seat and bars had been changed.Found NOS bars on ebay.Seat is period correct wrapped with military canvas.Still looking for an original seat and fenders if any will part with them.