Formost Swinger 3 rust bucket

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A Stubborn seat post that penetrating oil wouldn't even touch!! I resorted to a tool that I use for removing car glass.. It only heats up the metal.. This sucker/seat post, had welded itself in with years of rust!! I ended up using this magnetic Heat inductor..
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You can't see the smoke in the picture but it really made the frame glow red hot and finally let loose..
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I was then able to bead blast the frame!! I then painted it as close to the original orange color I could match...
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Now Swinger shines bright with the Rams Horn and Rail... This is the before picture..
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The only original paint was under the decal and head badge..
 

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WOW, that looks great! That color is amazing!

Let me know what the guard looks like on that one. I had Bruce Crawford, a decal maker up here in Ohio make the headbadge decals for Foremost bikes (he sells them on eBay) and he made a guard decal too, for F Series bikes. Mine was a coaster and just had Swinger on it, but I bet he could add a 3 for you and you'd have a killer replacement decal. He makes the frame decals too. Send me an email and I will give you his contact info if you want.
 

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