Colson Resto Rod

[tanksalot]

I decided to enter the build off using a Colson in a bucket. This is how I bought the bike. It’s been repainted in places albeit poorly ish. There is also missing paint and house paint in places. My plan is to make it easier to ride than a typical Colson that rides like wet cement. Also clean up the paint situation some with out repainting everything.

 

[OddJob]

Glad to see you in it again! Cool bucket o' bike to start with.

RaT oN~!

 

[Skipton]

You can’t beat that parts pile!

 

[Funkme]

Good to see you have entered again. That a rat pile.

 

[GeePig]

Lovely gloopy house paint, maybe even with lead. The seat is really nice, I am actually quite jealous of it.

 

[kingfish254]

You always have the best toys!
Love the Colson tanks.
Shame that it's too nice a bike to be called "Victor" Frankensteeen

 

[marshall hudson]

Good looking pile of parts. A big fan of colsons.

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Wow, even though that paint is crunchy, i like the paint scheme!
Also love the details on that stem!
Following this one!

 

[tanksalot]

Ok I managed to get the house paint off of the frame and tank. I did a quick paint prep on the rest of the bike. I did find a small epoxy area on a small frame tube . I lucked out. I removed it and for once it wasn’t necessary.

 

[tanksalot]

I decided to try to match the frame and guard paint color to the rest of the bike. This bike had at least 3 colors of red /maroon going on. I matched the color pretty spot on using two cans of different color red and maroon paint . At the same time layered . This was a first for me but it seemed to work well overall. I only did missing paint areas for the most part . And the red on the fenders . I still want to blend a little paint on the front fender white . And there’s some wet sanding to do and repatina work.

 

[tanksalot]

I lucked out I had a orphan front fender for a fender upgrade.This was before I repainted the red paint.

 

[KRTOPNOTCH]

I decided to try to match the frame and guard paint color to the rest of the bike. This bike had at least 3 colors of red /maroon going on. I matched the color pretty spot on using two cans of different color red and maroon paint . At the same time layered . This was a first for me but it seemed to work well overall. I only did missing paint areas for the most part . And the red on the fenders . I still want to blend a little paint on the front fender white . And there’s some wet sanding to do and repatina work. View attachment 158032View attachment 158034View attachment 158035View attachment 158036View attachment 158038View attachment 158039View attachment 158040

Love the fence line up.

 

[tanksalot]

Ok one step forward filling in the missing paint and making the bikes paint match yesterday . Today taking that shine off of the bike and bringing the bike back to a natural 1939- 40 Bike condition. And also fixing and matching the off white paint . That’s being sorted/ sanded to match patina tomorrow. Doing a repatina is tricky and time consuming. This bike had 25 percent of the paint missing from being sanded off on two of the frame tubes and hard hard as stone house paint on the tank and frame. Also the guard was missing a good amount of paint. Plus the bike was 50 percent repainted poorly. I was able to save the remaining original paint and make it match well enough. The last photos shows the work that it takes to do this . Lol And it’s still not done.

 

[tanksalot]

Place holder for the finished build..

 

[kingfish254]

Great work on the clean up, match up, and paint up.
I guess your neighbors know it's build off season again!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That chain guard is really cool, I can't wait to see this assembled

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Love this Colson!

Subscribed.

 

[tanksalot]

Today’s quiz Can anyone guess what this is for ? I may start making them if there’s a demand.

 

[kingfish254]

They look too short to be forks. I'm stumped.

 

[tanksalot]

I can see why that would be a guess .