Jay81
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Picked up this January 1970 Cotton Picker locally from ebay, from the original owner. The bike is all original, except he painted it as a kid. Fortunately, there are a number of areas where the original paint is showing, and he did not paint the underside of the frame. I'm hoping to carefully remove the house paint to expose the original paint, which looks like it might be pretty decent. I've tried goof off on a couple spots, and its working but very slowly as it appears to have at least two coats of house paint on it. I got enough paint off part of the chainguard that I can faintly make out the word Picker, but it looks like the goof off will remove all the silk screening if I go any farther. I'm hoping someone may have more suggestions of what to try. I really want to save the original paint. Most of the chrome will clean up nicely. Check out that beautiful seat!
So far, I'm not seeing any evidence of the bike ever being taken apart as the hardware looks untouched. Here's a few pics.
So far, I'm not seeing any evidence of the bike ever being taken apart as the hardware looks untouched. Here's a few pics.