Schwinn Faux Phantom - PIC HEAVY!

[highwheelerboy25]

My best friend shawna told me her dad wanted to "re-tool" her dads old bike. so i picked it up and brought it home. so now, more than a year later i finally got started on it. it started out life as a BMX-ish cruiser with a black frame and a chrome BMX fork with a well worn seat and slight rust but overall in good shape. sorry but i don't have a before pic, so here's where im staring.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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this was after the first re-paint that was a failure due to a bad mix of clear. i bought a womens 2008 Schwinn Deluxe 7 cruiser for parts (minus the 7-speed). i used the fork, rack fenders, handlebars, stem, and seat. i scored a $25 tank at a local pick witht the horn still in tact. i added a repro crankset and what i think is around a 1995 chainguard. i originally tried to paint it to match the 1995 model but as a combination of the paint going south and not being happy with the pattern. i started over. i had my friend Keith paint it for me because he's been doing it a lot longer than me and he's really good at it.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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a base-layer of white to assist with the scalloping and the pinstriping detail.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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now to cover up some of the white before the next layer goes on.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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[highwheelerboy25]

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next layer - black.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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[highwheelerboy25]

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[highwheelerboy25]

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RED!!!

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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after peeling back the tape. . . .








CLEAR!!!. . . . .

 

[user 135]

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Nice work. I don't have the patience to paint like that.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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decals were done undre clear.




reassembly times!!


i tried to mount the tank but the two sides wouldn't line up and one of the welds on the front tank bracket broke. . . . .so i had to take it back and start over on it.










it's done!! i'll be taking it back to its owner who has no clue how much of a transformation it's gone through. i hope he'll like it. . . .

 

[chimichanga]

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Beautiful job man!

 

[highwheelerboy25]

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i had the original rims sprayed red but i kinda liked it better with the chinese wheels on it so i'll probably just leave them on when i take it back.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

WOW!! :shock: Great work :wink:

 

[gcrank1]

I predict one way happy dude!, Well Done!

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

uuuuuuuhhhhhhhh..........WOW!

Great job! Tell Keith he's the man with that paint!

Cheers,
Rob

 

[KJV]

nice job , man.

 

[Frankthetank]

Just curious,Was this an original paint combo? Either way it came out bad--s! That red n black is way to cool

 

[highwheelerboy25]

it was black. . . no decals but it had the cheapo schwinn stickers. . .thanks!