J.C. Higgins Ladies Bike in The Netherlands

[Lowjack'r]

Today it was unpack day.

Making a good start.

After pulling of all the paper and tape.

Happy with the first parts.

Happier.

Very happy with the result.
Nice sharp lines.
This week starts well.

Some other blue parts.

Ready for the next step.

Stick on the decals.

To be continued.

 

[Awhipple]

Very cool!

 

[Lowjack'r]

Time for a little update.
Last week it was time for clear coating all the parts.

Before the clear coat could be sprayed, painted the lower part of the forklegs red.

Time to let the paint harden.

I have put the decals on, before spraying the clear coat.

This time not everything went well.
While hanging the parts on the stand, the front fender fell to the ground.
Here it's already sanded.
But it needs to be sprayed again.

The rearrack decal also didn't cooperate.
This went flying as soon as a bit of air pressure came near.
A new decal is on it's way to The Netherlands.

The with leather redone seat, has been put together again.
The pedals are also been put together.

Down under is done also.

The seat before it was redone.

Now i'll have to wait, untill the fender is painted again.
And for the dacal to arrive.

Meanwhile,i have been building wheels.
Happy me, building up has begun.

 

[Evans200]

Congrats on your progress. This bike will be a show stopper when you're done!

 

[56 Vette]

Very nice, super attention to detail! Awesome to see the girls getting some love too! Can't wait to see it done! Joe

 

[Lowjack'r]

Started building up the bike, which goes very slow so far.
Despite the bicycle has been fully build up, before it was blasted and sprayed.
It's very hard to put it together again, so far nothing seems to fit decent.

The frontfender is sprayed again.

Because I was not satisfied with it's 1st paintjob, and the frontfender needed to be sprayed again.
At the same time the European Bosch Rotodyn headlight is sprayed again.

The new rearrack decal has arrived. BIG thanks to Bicyclebones.
Now it can be put on the rack, and than carefully clearcoat it once more.

 

[indiana dave]

That bike is looking great! I've got an actual colorflow, and don't like the colors. Hard to decide whether to repaint it or not. It's in good original shape.

 

[Lowjack'r]

That bike is looking great! I've got an actual colorflow, and don't like the colors. Hard to decide whether to repaint it or not. It's in good original shape.

Thanks Dave.
A bike in good original shape, i should leave it as it is.

 

[HIGGINSFOREVER]

WOW,What a super job lowjacker,r The attention to detail is outstanding.

 

[Lowjack'r]

Thanks Gene.

Here we go again.
Picked up the repainted parts this week.
So i could go on building up the bike.

The rearrack decal was put on the rack again.
So it was ready for a last layer of clear coat.

WRONG.
When i brought the rack to the body shop for clear coating it.
I saw that the decal did come loose.
I don't know what went wrong, and now it's waiting for another decal.

This week i had a few days off from work.
So it was time to go on with building up the bike.

Started continuing with building up the rear end.
@ The skirt guards the bike is quite wide.
So I had to be careful, that the cranks don't touch the sheet metal.

The Original vintage Stimsonite #15 reflector.
And the not Original wire hanging over the fenderbrace.

The reflector has been upgraded with 3 LEDs, to function as rear light.
So that the rear end of the bike keeps it's authentic appearance.

The wire for the LEDs is hidden in the fender brace.

Started to build up of the front end.

Just a pic. of the other side.
More to come next week.