The Ultimate Sears Spaceliner Reference

[schwinnman67]

Couple of questions...
I have noticed some 64-65 had the paint on the chainguard along with the white lettering, is this the way they all
were supposed to be?
Has the pedal reference been completed for these?

 

[Bike Mike]

Who is the little dude on the handle bar stem?

my mom had an old ashtray with the peeing boy. thought that would make a cool ornament

 

[Majdotkool]

Matt and I finished our 1964 Spaceliner Deluxe today. I got to take it out for a cold Michigan December ride. I can’t tell you how many times I came back to this thread for tips on the restoration. Invaluable! Thank you all.

 

[schwinnbikebobb]

Nice work! Great looking! What paint did you use?

 

[Majdotkool]

Nice work! Great looking! What paint did you use?

Thanks so much. We had the tank/rack/ fork tips powder coated, aqua clear. Matched pretty good. If you notice the stripe on the edges of the fenders, we color matched at Lowes with Valspar Antirust Armour oil based enamel.

 

[Rivnut]

I’m just hoping that mine turns out half as nice. Discovered that the chrome on the rear rack supports is flaking off. It’s either pay to have them rechromed or come up with some other idea.

 

[Majdotkool]

I’m just hoping that mine turns out half as nice. Discovered that the chrome on the rear rack supports is flaking off. It’s either pay to have them rechromed or come up with some other idea.

Amazon.com

the left side support on ours was pretty bad, some chrome but mostly blackened from the chrome loss. Matt used a automotive chrome film he found on Amazon. It was pretty easy to use, a bit tricky on the curves. Since it is automotive, we are thinking it should hold up well.

 

[Rivnut]

I have some of that. I used it to “chrome” a Schwinn tank. Never thought of it for something like this. Thanks.

 

[C M Gerlach]

Real cool...... original tires, speedo....cleaned up nicely.

 

[parkrndl]

Working on bringing this one back. 1965 Murray Strato Flite, near as I can tell.