First rat build

[Vintagebikelover24]

All parts except for the chain drive and spokes will be bought off of fellow members of RRB!

Frame/Sprocket: 1951 Schwinn DX. I bought it from mikesbikes36

I wanted to do a rat rod-ish/boardtracker build.lol just bear with me. I have the final/overall picture in my head, but I don't have a sketch.
I bought some more parts. Will get pics of them ASAP. Got lots of homework to lol. My school makes us finish out senior projects as a junior...makes no sense

Anyways here's a skippy I also bout off mikesbikes36 along with some ratty wheel hoops.

Still on the process of cleaning it up a little

The hoops

Cleaned them up with some wd40 and 000 steel wool

The hubs I'm going to lace them to are New Departure. They're hubs I had laying around and I have to overhaul them. But they look perfect for the build!

It was pretty crusty so I had to use heat and leverage to get the axels of
Putting a skiptooth drive on

And here it is all disassembled it was pretty gunked up but I cleaned all the internals and they're sparkly new! (On the inside)

Here they are next to the rims

bought a nice stem. rust pretty much came off but still looks perfect for the build. Got the stem and pedals from jaysmo

threw them on a set off handlebars i had and grips i had.

nice seat too. im going to have it redone though gonna put a tan leather on with a custom design.

ratty pedals added too!!! this bike is going to be perfet lol

Got an old rusty kickstand, sanded it back down to bare metal!

Even got the manufacturing stamp visable!

Then I bought a dogleg crank and forks off of dogdart

Forks have perfect patina on them! Can't really tell from the pictures but trust me

I mocked up what parts I had. Still don't have a headset for the forks but the overall idea is there.

I didn't put the other grip on because I'm not sure if they're the handlebars I want

 

[Vintagebikelover24]

Bought a chainguard that was primed and ready for paint. So now here's the conundrum. I laid a nice gloss red I it last night as a first coat. Today when I came home from school I went and laid another coat on. But I forgot to wet sand it and clean it so I cracked in places. So I sanded the cracking and smoothed it out. But it looks good like this! Looks ratty! The red isn't as shiny, there's some spots where the primer colors come through and parts where the bare metal comes through. So do I keep it like that or should I make it a nice glossy red? I think I'm going sanded and ratty!

 

[eparsons]

Sanded and ratty, get with slowriderz to make you a custom seat post. Sorcerer makes some awsome lights, these are just a few of the great members i have dealt with. Have fun and i'm going to keep a eye on this build.

 

[Vintagebikelover24]

Sanded and ratty, get with slowriderz to make you a custom seat post. Sorcerer makes some awsome lights, these are just a few of the great members i have dealt with. Have fun and i'm going to keep a eye on this build.

That's the look I went for. I'll try to get some update pics tomorrow. And thanks for the recommendations I'll be giving them a PM lol

 

[Gdcast]

I like it, lot´s of potential here, keep it up!

 

[Vintagebikelover24]

I like it, lot´s of potential here, keep it up!

thanks! ill try not to let anyone down lol

 

[Vintagebikelover24]

You have great building instincts, I enjoy watching your builds , 8)

Thanks! I'm really excited about this build. It's taken so long because I've been waiting for the parts I have in mind! Has to be perfect