1956 Schwinn American survivor find

[Kevin537]

I picked up what I believe to be a 1956 Schwinn American today. It’s in rough shape for sure and it looks like it was painted gold over the original red using a dead chicken as a brush lol. The price was right and it had so much random stuff bolted to it that I couldn’t resist.

 

[Pondo]

Cool bike! Welcome to the forum. You can probably remove that gold paint down to the original if there's any still on there, if that's what you are into.

 

[twojs.bike]

That is a great bike!

 

[Kevin537]

Cool bike! Welcome to the forum. You can probably remove that gold paint down to the original if there's any still on there, if that's what you are into.

Any tips on removing the over paint?

That is a great bike!

Thanks! It’s like a poor man’s pee wee bike. In one of the pics you can see they used half of a door hinge as a plate to screw the rear rack too lol

 

[Pondo]

I haven’t done it myself but guys use 0000 steel wool, WD40 and lots of elbow grease. I’m sure there are other methods that work too. Maybe others will chime in.

 

[KJV]

To get that paint off of there you can some lacquer thinner.. if that doesn't get it, use.. acetone.