I bought this frame and fork to build up for my partner a few years ago and have been picking away at it little by little. It's a '30s or '40s Newport, as best I can tell. It's a Japanese bike but there's very little info about them on the internet, just a few pics. I thought I'd start a thread to document the process. It's a really unique frame design. Here it is as it was when I got it.
I gave it an Oxalic acid bath which cleaned it up a bit. It's got some neat pins and decals so I don't want to scrub it too much. Here's a look at the decals.
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I gave it an Oxalic acid bath which cleaned it up a bit. It's got some neat pins and decals so I don't want to scrub it too much. Here's a look at the decals.
![798E69F5-9F5C-4A27-8663-0CFF64BD82C3.jpeg 798E69F5-9F5C-4A27-8663-0CFF64BD82C3.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/267/267045-798E69F5-9F5C-4A27-8663-0CFF64BD82C3.jpeg)
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