What to do with this?

[DaveZ]

Spoke to the owner and he doesn't want it. I have enough projects so I don;t need it Will place an advert in the for sale section if anyone is interested.

 

[rollfaster]

Hmmm...

 

[piercer_99]

it is awesome, a bit of cleaning, a lot of wax, elbow grease and it is good to go.

 

[DaveZ]

Well Roger decided to keep it so I get to work on it. Started cleaning it. Had to make new races for the for.

 

[Allrounderco]

Good-ness, that looks great!

 

[SKPC]

No question it is low mile and unabused….no wonder we all want T-8 pedals and always look for them. It is so happy now!

 

[razinhellcustomz]

A friend of mine was given this form the town dump folks. It is a Schwinn New World SN H63906 making it, I believe, a 1941. I think it originally had the Sturmey Archer 3 speed because it has the sheave on it still and I can see where the shifter was, paint is somewhat darker. His question is fix it all up, paint etc or just clean it and put some sort of clear finish over it?

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I would just grease it. Tires, tubes and enjoy. Leave the paint alone. Razin.

 

[razinhellcustomz]

Do not clear. It looks unnatural, and ruins any further attempt to preserve what's there. Like @49autocycledeluxe said, the paint isn't going to come back, at least on the fenders and guard. Frame might surprise you, however. The beauty of a good cleaning (0000 steel wool and WD40 or OA bath) is that you can always take it down to bare metal later. Once cleaned, the boiled linseed oil ($8-ish at the big box home stores for a quart) looks so good, and is so easy to apply. Please keep us updated.

Iv'e used Marvels Mystery oil on my bikes. They look really good and the oil preserves what's left of the finish. Ride on and enjoy. Razin.

 

[DaveZ]

My father with the prewar tinplate Lionel trains used to just rub a little sewing machine oil on them They still look great. I'll keep updating as I go.

 

[gkeep]

Beautiful cleanup! Amazing how much paint was hiding under the grime. Looking forward to seeing the finished bike back in riding condition.

Yup, cleaning up 30s and 40s trains using oil, watched my dad do that back in the 60s and 70s.