Update on 41 BFG project

[Ozark Flyer]

Wheels were laced back with my special stash of NOS original Torrington double butted spokes. Rims fitted with US Royal chain treat black walls. The bike originally had black walls. I mounted the wheels and pulled the bike off the stand yesterday. Very cool "curved" miller kick stand. Seat and pedals up next. I'm still unsure what to do with the rack top. You can see in the last photo the Rack top paint is badly pitted. Paint or not to paint?

The black really pops on a sunny day.

 

[mruiz]

Dan
are the fender braces suppose to be painted? I didn't now.

 

[pedal_junky]

Great bike. The rack is your call.

 

[Obi-Wan Schwinnobi]

I'd leave the top.... shows the wearing from being used...mtc...

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[Freqman1]

Bike is looking good! One question though, has that front fender has been trimmed on the nose? Looks a lot blunter than what it should. V/r Shawn

 

[Obi-Wan Schwinnobi]

Bike is looking good! One question though, has that front fender has been trimmed on the nose? Looks a lot blunter than what it should. V/r Shawn

My girls bfg has the same thing going on but my other 41 does not. between the two of mine the girls fenders are super wide compared to my 41 boys... Also the light cover was painted on mine where the chrome is on this one... I serial

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[Ozark Flyer]

Bike is looking good! One question though, has that front fender has been trimmed on the nose? Looks a lot blunter than what it should. V/r Shawn

Shawn, the fender has its original factory rolled edge so it clearly has not been trimmed. Agreed it has less taper to it. There were two different versions of this fender. Note the location of the brace and rivets. My 40 model has more taper to leading edge of the fender and the brace rivets are located to rear of the light cover front screw.

Mitch, the braces on this bike were originally painted. As far as I know, this was a BFG thing. I have seen other BFG bikes with painted braces but have not seen any other Schwinn built brands with that feature.

Just curious if one of you guys know when the Streamliner name was born and died?

 

[mruiz]

Dan

I got a 47 B-6 stream liner, not sure if died in 1951.

 

[Freqman1]

Shawn, the fender has its original factory rolled edge so it clearly has not been trimmed. Agreed it has less taper to it. There were two different versions of this fender. Note the location of the brace and rivets. My 40 model has more taper to leading edge of the fender and the brace rivets are located to rear of the light cover front screw.

Mitch, the braces on this bike were originally painted. As far as I know, this was a BFG thing. I have seen other BFG bikes with painted braces but have not seen any other Schwinn built brands with that feature.

Just curious if one of you guys know when the Streamliner name was born and died?

Thanks--Learning something new every day! V/r Shawn

 

[kos22us]

Just curious if one of you guys know when the Streamliner name was born and died?[/QUOTE]



the streamline straightbar was bf goodrich's top of the line deluxe bicycle and was sold up to 39', the streamlineR canti frame (like yours) came out 40' or 41' & was the new top of the line deluxe model which continued up to 1950 when it was replaced due to bf now carrying the phantom

it had been a bf goodrich exclusive all those years until it was discontinued however it re appeared in schwinn's regular lineup in 53' & sold through 56' as a ballooner and then was re introduced as a middelweight in 57' with a full size tank, not sure about 58' but was not in the lineup in 59' or 60' however it was back in the lineup in 61' featuring a slim line tank, sadly later that year the streamliner passed away never to be seen or heard from again ... RIP