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Thanks for the additional pics and serial! Serial stamped sometime from 3-14 to 3-30-1955. :cool: For the life of me I can't understand why the experts keep saying Schwinn never used a gold base under the Opal colors, at least the Red when it's so obvious. It's a known fact that Red tint in candy has a very short life span especially when it's exposed to the UV rays. Even the custom auto painters will tell you the red candy is good for only 5 years before it starts to vanish. That's a whole lot of gold base on your Phantom @THEGOLDENGREEK. Would you please post in my thread that's about this subject? ----------------------> https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/schwinn-base-coat.155633/


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Check the link from the 1959 Schwinn Reporter article and take the time to read directly from Schwinn https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/schwinn-paint-process.86284/ where they state in black and white, "coated with aluminum enamel" "and baked for 19 minutes". Wouldn't that be more obvious than all of this conjecture? Plus I have never seen any paint listing or can, samples etc. of gold underbase in any catalog or collection anywhere.

Paints have chemicals as ingredients that react to environmental circumstances such as time, temperature, UV exposure, etc
 
Check the link from the 1959 Schwinn Reporter article and take the time to read directly from Schwinn https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/schwinn-paint-process.86284/ where they state in black and white, "coated with aluminum enamel" "and baked for 19 minutes". Wouldn't that be more obvious than all of this conjecture? Plus I have never seen any paint listing or can, samples etc. of gold underbase in any catalog or collection anywhere.

Paints have chemicals as ingredients that react to environmental circumstances such as time, temperature, UV exposure, etc


In 1959 they didn't use the gold base under the red therefore it was not mentioned in the Reporter, and when the later (1956+)Schwinn Opal or Radiant reds fade away there is no trace of gold, only silver. Search for Schwinn paint info prior to 1956.
 
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