The Green Panther

[Tikibar]

The Green Panther is progressing. While taking apart the crank, I discovered the inside of the crank case was COMPLETELY filled, jam packed with some sort of lubricant, (although calling it a lubricant would be generous at best). It was a thick gunky substance I suspect was a high temperature automobile lube that was the consistency of cold molasses. It would have taken a gorilla with strong legs to have pushed the pedals on this ride!

Next came the fork. It too was covered with 65 years of grime and dirt. The rubber bumper was shot. The pics show how compressed and cracked it had gotten.

The entire frame has been cleaned and polished. It's ready to start hanging more parts, so stay tuned!

 

[rollfaster]

Wow, great cleanup. Paint looks nice.

 

[jimbo53]

Very nice resto-looking forward to more posts.

 

[Eric]

Here are mine. Both are 52

 

[Tikibar]

Here are mine. Both are 52

Wow, those are sharp!
And I see you went with the red grips on the black Panther. The 1953 Schwinn catalog has pictures of the Phantom with both red grips and black grips. I wonder if the black grips were standard and the colored grips were an option? I'm planning to use green grips on the Green Panther.

 

[classic rides with style]

View attachment 262324My 1952 panther

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U Saling it

 

[Crazy8]

Kind of finished mine. Looking to upgrade the fenders, pedals, and left fork arm. Seat chassis needs some bending or complete replacement. Big problem with the Faulhaber seat frames is bending.

 

[danilo1219]

U Saling it

thank but no saling is one of my babies