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PROJECT QUICK CHANGE - SUBJECT: Schwinn Dixie (Custom 1950s Schwinn DX Bare Metal Bike)

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Right! So frickin beautiful! It took 70+ years to get that way! Why would anyone sand that off! Did you see on the what bike did you work on today thread how I faked those springer forks? I think you’ll love that technique! Last photo is of the faked fork!

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Love the back lit red in the tank idea! I would do it just like the first black and red rendering except make the fenders black! Not a big fan of the resale all red bikes either but do love the red accents on black!
Thanks! I think I made a mockup of that black fender idea in Photoshop a while back, but I'll have to check again. Yeah, red's better in smaller doses for me usually. Yeah, I might just go red on black, but we'll see!
Maybe even make the red in the tank a diamond shape as a nod to its Schwinn heritage!

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That's a good idea, but to expand on that, what about wings, like you'd see on original Schwinn tanks?
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I'll have to play around with those ideas. I haven't done anything with this bike since I last posted. May was crazy busy for me, and this week's not going to be any less hectic!
 
Nice to see a fellow Comet owner. I've had my '65 for 13 years.

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NIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE! I see more '65s in magazines than I do in person! What's the story on it? That thing is cool!

I've had mine since late 2012, but I haven't fired her up since January 2019. I need to get the 260 rebuilt (bad lifter clatter and over 120,000 original miles,) and I need to upgrade to disc brakes. I also want to add a hitch so I can tow my bikes with me.
 
289, 4 Speed with a Hurst Comp Plus. It was originally an automatic but the guy I bought it from swapped in the stick. 15 x 4 CRAGARs with Pro-Trac 5.60s up front and Radir Cheater Slicks on original 14 x 7 Ford steel wheels out back. Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack your thread.

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Sweeeeeet. Do you race it, or are the slicks mostly for looks? I love the paint on it, age and all. Also... is that a bass drum pedal for a gas pedal?
As for hijacking my thread with 1965 Mercury Comet awesomeness...
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