'46 hiawatha

[peterpants]

Hey gang...just wanted a place to start sharing my '46 Hiawatha Comet. So far I've pulled the chain guard and tank...cleaned them up and snapped the stem bolt when trying to remove.

 

[peterpants]

I'm leaving the patina on the tank and chain guard...orange giving way to the original brown...which is giving way to some light rust. Semi-gloss clear coat to seal it all in and give it a bit of shine.

 

[peterpants]

The beehive springer came in today and once the frame is disassembled the new fork and frame are off to the sand blaster so that I can lay down primer and the flat black

 

[peterpants]

Black rims/spokes and some cream fat Frank's will set it all off

 

[peterpants]

Ope! Out of order....but the day I brought her home:

 

[Captain Awesome]

Beehive and Fat Frank's

 

[Pedalpat]

You seriously think along same line as my thoughts .
I gotta see this one in it's completed form

 

[peterpants]

Beehive and Fat Frank's

So so clean...the bike shop here said: all we have is 1 set of cream fat Frank's, when I said I wanted franks...I said "perfect"

 

[peterpants]

You seriously think along same line as my thoughts .
I gotta see this one in it's completed form

Oh that's awesome! Just want the entire bike to kind of be a shadow...save the fatfranks, tank and flash of chrome from the beehive. Really excited to get this thing done and ride down to the brewery!

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

snapped the stem bolt when trying to remove.

I have about a dozen donated "backyard" bikes that I still need to snap the stem bolts on.

 

[BartRidesEternal]

Hey gang...just wanted a place to start sharing my '46 Hiawatha Comet. So far I've pulled the chain guard and tank...cleaned them up and snapped the stem bolt when trying to remove.

What a beaut! Is the fork bent? The picture seems to suggest that.

 

[peterpants]

Everything has been torn down and repaired...reassembled to ensure fit...torn back down to get sand blasted and flat blacked....ready to actually riiiiide!

 

[peterpants]

What a beaut! Is the fork bent? The picture seems to suggest that.

I think I had the tire "half on / half off" in the pic...Lil bit of distortion hahahah

 

[Pedalpat]

Why you not use the tank on it?

Oh yeah price of fuel

 

[peterpants]

Why you not use the tank on it?

Oh yeah price of fuel

Hahahhah! Badumtisss! Tank and chainguard will go back on after the Frame and fork get back from the powder coaters

 

[peterpants]

Here it is boys! I failed in sharing the prgress pics. but did take the finished product two local spots to grab a coupla shots

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That looks fantastic. Really nice bike

 

[peterpants]

That looks fantastic. Really nice bike

Thanks man! I'm enjoying it!