USMCWR use of Victory bicycles in WW2

[kingsting]

I have Columbia and Schwinn wartime bikes with rough finished joints like that. Not sure about Columbia but Schwinn used lead to smooth out the joints back then. (I discovered this the hard way when I stripped a pre-war DX and made a mess out of the lead.) I'm sure the lead was deleted on the war bikes.

 

[srfndoc]

I plan on putting new tires, servicing it and preserving the paint. What method would you guys use for the paint? I was thinking steal wool and WD40.

I would try just rubbing compound to start (if anything) or just give it a bath and ride it.

 

[Huffy45]

Bumping this thread as I just found another photo from that set at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina, 1944.

Close up details on the front hardware finishes and pinstriping. I plan to restore one soon and finding original photos helps a ton.


Marine Girls, Havelock, North Carolina, USA



And another I can't find uploaded to a solid source:



Aaron

 

[Goldslinger]

They had to terrible riding in the sand with the skinny tires.

 

[DaGasMan]

They had to terrible riding in the sand with the skinny tires.

No way! They're Marines! OOH RAH LADIES! MOVE IT!