Schwinn Panther "G I JOE"

[dirtywater]

Beautiful brass Schwinn head badge,
My life is now fufilled. Rat Rod Bike Build Off 4, After a hasty venture down to the bicycle boneyard, 6 feet under, I have made the most difficult decision of my life. A Schwinn Panther straight bar with the theme "G I JOE"

The bike will be adorned with Krylon army green. Next, pick out the parts I'm going to use. A Schwinn Phantom crank with a 2 speed Bendix hub laced to original Schwinn S2 rims. Bolt on a rear rack some struts on the front and see what happens. Stay tuned. Cheers!

The G I JOE camo works well, can you see the bike?
Chain guard and rear rack almost ready. Schwinn original S2 wheels are painted in Grey with new spokes laced to a two speed kick back.

The frame is painted camo just doesn't show up very good in the shade. Stay tuned....

Finally complete, enjoy

 

[Galtbacken]

Nice and clean, I like it!

 

[naynay]

that didn't take long!! Mine will be completed sooner than i thought as i have decided to take advantage of the weather and increasing gas prices, so aI am going to start commuting to work on it and tweaking as i go along. Mine has some gold undertones in it as well, and i really like that headbadge 8)

 

[Hula NZ]

Love the Green nice and simple, would kill to have all the old frames in my shed... Nice job.

 

[Singlespeed92]

Sweet! It turned out real nice,I dig the green! :mrgreen:

 

[OUTLAW]

goood job,very clean

Outlaw

 

[BankerRAt]

That thing is Sweeeeeeeeeeeett!

 

[bring.doom]

Looks good, I like it!

 

[LIVE TO RIDE]

Man i dig those tires!!What are they??

 

[dirtywater]

Man i dig those tires!!What are they??

Thanks! Old School Kenda. Many years old! They were in great condition. Just cleaned um up!

 

[ratina]

Great job, I really like the green on that frame and chainguard!

 

[N8NBOX]

lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvve the bike.... what kind of chaingaurd is that!?

 

[HotRodRob]

Great photography!

 

[GTCOMA]

I can see the fishing line in this one...the illusion is ruined for me :roll:

JK - Great bike! turned out awesome!

 

[maddogrider]

Looks good man 8)

 

[mastronaut]

I hope you got the 'kung foo grip' on that machine! Freakin nice work!

 

[quicksilver]

great looking panther! The two speed kick-back is sweet-- it sure helps keep things clean looking. Does it work well? Original rims? How did ya get 'em so fresh looking?

 

[BigDaddy]

The Stealth bike is awsome .. How do you get the frame to dissapear.. LOL Like the bike, very cool.. PS, the military may have a use for that invisable paint your using.

 

[stretch]

lol i see the string! i actually thought you 'shopped your bike outta the picture! now if only you would have shopped the ling out of the picture it would've been complete! :mrgreen: :shock:

 

[dirtywater]

great looking panther! The two speed kick-back is sweet-- it sure helps keep things clean looking. Does it work well? Original rims? How did ya get 'em so fresh looking?

Thanks! It took 2 to make a good functioning hub. Works better that I do! The wheels are Schwinn original S2s. S2s were original on many Panther style bikes.They have been stripped, sanded, painted gray, and rebuilt with new spokes! Cheers