Seiberling Old bicycle going for sale! Anything you can tell me about this bike??

[Caroline_drumm]

This bike was my great grandmother's and I was asked to fix it up so it could be sold after my great grandfather recently passed. I don't know what year this is, but i'm hoping you guys could help me out. I have the serial number and pictures. I don't really know how much these bikes go for either. I do know that the paint is not original. My great grandmother painted it unfortunately. The original color is green. Not sure if I can find the original paint and if it's best to paint it or leave it. The original Seiberling wheels are still on it and I haven't done anything to it yet. Anything you can tell me about this bike would be great.

 

[John G04]

@fordmike65

 

[rusty.kirkpatrick]

1941?

 

[bobcycles]

39 or so Colson! Clean it up! Ride it! and enjoy it... !

 

[mrg]

Keep that Colson in the family and enjoy, great grandma! that's family history!

 

[JRE]

Clean the original paint service the bearings new tires and call it good. They are only original once. Great bike just the way it is.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

F 1 is June, 1941.

 

[tjkajecj]

1941 - except for a light and possibly the missing drop stand and clip... looks like original parts. Maybe a boys seat, always hard to tell in pictures.
Value is in the rack, chain guard and truss rods.
Since most Colson girls bike parts are interchangeable with boys bikes... a lot of these are parted.
If the interest is there, keep the bike, you have nearly everything the bike might have been optioned with and it should not take much effort to get this dependable.

Tim

 

[Caroline_drumm]

1941 - except for a light and possibly the missing drop stand and clip... looks like original parts. Maybe a boys seat, always hard to tell in pictures.
Value is in the rack, chain guard and truss rods.
Since most Colson girls bike parts are interchangeable with boys bikes... a lot of these are parted.
If the interest is there, keep the bike, you have nearly everything the bike might have been optioned with and it should not take much effort to get this dependable.

Tim

I would love to keep this bike but it now belongs to my grandfather and I have to pay for it to keep it. How much do you think this could be worth? If it's not worth much then I'll most likely take it but if not then I was thinking about trying to strip the first layer of paint to get down to the original? would that increase the price? I did some research and found that acetone, easy-off oven cleaner, or a specific stripper brand could work. I'm a little nervous to what's under it because of the rusting that I can already see but worse comes to worse I can repaint it the original color. I'm just not sure what to do next. I hope these pictures help a bit.