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2jakes
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Under the badge, the green is brighter and not as dark as you see here.
I've read that in the very early years, auto-painting with spray guns was not always used.
It was enamel of some kind and was brushed on and in between they use thinners. Several coats were applied.
It was a very slow process until the assembly lines and spray paint became the way of processing more with less time.
On youtube I saw a '40s video of bicycle frames being dipped in large vats of paint and then "baked" in some kind of ovens of sorts to dry.
The striping on the frames were hand painted.
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corbettclassics
I live for the CABE
I have an original blue National which I believe is posted here somewhere. I can post again as I have a new picture with the badge removed and you can see the original blue after I polished it lightly.
I’m also restoring another National with the aluminum colored rims and blue center stripe. Not quite done yet for those pictures though.
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