Roadmaster

[schwinnguyinohio]

Picked this up today at a local show , needs a few thinks to get it back on road but great patina as is .

 

[ratina]

Nice! Bet it’s a 52 or 53

 

[scooter_trasher]

What exactly is great patina? Not trying to be a smart alec , but I keep hearing how people love original paint, original paint doesn't come with scratches, chips or rust, to me if it's got scratches, chips, or rust it's modified buy neglect or abuse, I just don't understand the added value of wore-out damaged paint ,with a boat load of rust , from neglect, that someone put linseed oil on, over a nice restoration paint job. Rust isn't valued on cars or motorcycles , fine paintings are routinely restored when they get in bad shape , even The Sistine Chapel. I understand not refinishing a firearm and how dark spots of oiled rust is better than refinish , but even there if its pitted it's nearly without worth ( unless there's providence that it belonged to someone famous & revered , giving it significant historic value,(almost never standard issue),a civil war muzzle loader found rusted in the woods is really just a wallhanger piece of junk. We arn't talking rare artifacts, we are talking children's bikes, to me PATINA is just a trumped Italian word for damage, the more not being better but worse.

 

[schwinnguyinohio]

Well to me I just like the fact its almost 70 years old and shows its age and hasn't been redone. Guess I should have just said I like the looks of it the way it sits rust and all.

 

[schwinnguyinohio]

Found everything I needed mainly rims and tires at memory lane / Grand Rapids show to put it back on the road as a nice rider , lubed it but did no cleaning .

 

[ItIsWhatItIs]

Rust isn't valued on cars or motorcycles...

...but, the biggest bucks (or at least the best ROI) on both tend to come from unrestored survivors.

https://barnfinds.com/pristine-or-patina/

Jason

 

[anders1]

Cool!

 

[Archie Sturmer]

"Rust" isn't that just a translation of the Latin word "rubigo" for the redness of the iron oxide.

 

[oldfart36]

I like to call them "Tells A Story" OG paint! OG bikes are where it's at, both the super loved and used, and the ones that appear to never have seen daylight!