La Fugazi

[JA331]

Do the photos look as 'skeleton white' to you on your device? They don't even look like bare metal. I was thinking like a 'bone white' matte finish. The RR is cool though.

That nice clean bare metal finish would begin rusting pretty quickly. A clear coat would give it a darker appearance that doesn’t look quite as cool.

 

[OddJob]

Matte bone white under the matte clear. I guess I'm the only one seeing a 'bone white color' in this photo.

@Karate Chicken Industries , this doesn't appear 'bone white' to you?

 

[JA331]

I get what you’re saying. I’m wondering if it looks brighter than it actually is because of the LED lighting in my office.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Matte bone white under the matte clear. I guess I'm the only one seeing a 'bone white color' in this photo.

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@Karate Chicken Industries , this doesn't appear 'bone white' to you?

I see it OJ, but then again, I’ve been drinking my lunch today, so……

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

La Fugazi came back from the blaster this morning and everything looks pretty mint. The blaster couldn't believe the fenders, chainguard and skirt guard were from prewar bikes as there is no pitting at all.

I got started on fitting a new bracket to the front of the chainguard. I cut the original bracket off the Elgin chainguard and modified a bracket from a Chwinn guard in my pile. Amazingly the hole at the back of the chainguard locates perfectly with one of the rack mounts on the Trek frame.

To make it all work, the chainguard has to cover part of the skirt guard as the fender is designed to sit higher than it does on this frame so I sliced a little out of the top of the chainguard. I'll begin priming everything tomorrow.
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Now that it’s all blasted, everything really works well together and that modern frame looks downright 30s!
Can’t wait to see what you do next!

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

It looks bone white to me.

I like the Fugazi angle on this build, probably because I ride a Fugazi-able frame too.

 

[JA331]

More progress yesterday. Had a decent enough day to prime most of the parts.

 

[kingfish254]

Bet it would look good in that primer red color

 

[JA331]

I painted a bike in the same red oxide primer a few years back. It appealed to me for a while but I lost interest in it, pulled it down and repainted it. I have my 3 cans of Ford engine dark blue ready to go once I’m done with a few small repairs.

 

[JA331]

I’m getting close to starting on the final color but I forgot to drill the holes in the fenders for the skirt guard, so I got that sorted this afternoon.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I’m getting close to starting on the final color but I forgot to drill the holes in the fenders for the skirt guard, so I got that sorted this afternoon. View attachment 203554
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That's coming together so nicely

 

[JA331]

Thanks. I’m hoping to get the frame and fork painted this week even though the weather is not looking too promising.

 

[JA331]

Yes!! The weather this afternoon was good enough to get out the rattle cans so I took the opportunity and got the frame and fork painted. It looks decent with a small paint run on the bottom of the head tube being the only thing I need to correct. The color looks to be almost black in the photos but is actually a very dark blue.

 

[JA331]

Which combo? Black walls or whitewalls.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I think the powerblocks make the bronze rims pop more, less to distract from the bling

 

[Captain Awesome]

I think the powerblocks make the bronze rims pop more, less to distract from the bling

100%

 

[JA331]

I think the powerblocks make the bronze rims pop more, less to distract from the bling

Thanks Matti. I agree and it will probably ride way better. I like this simple color scheme on this black lady’s Elgin which has the same chain and skirt guards that I’m using. If i had a nice set of chrome rims I would use them.

I am also going to have a go at painting the off white stripes on the raised section of the chainguard.

 

[JA331]

This sweet Trek badge arrived in the mail yesterday. I contemplated fitting either a Elgin or Roadmaster badge but thought this would be cooler.

 

[OddJob]

Too late to vote whitewalls, I guess. Very classy look with the gold rims transitioning into the whitewalls.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

That blue paint is everything, love it!