The Wild One * 53' Lincoln

[GuitarlCarl]

So... You are getting apes? Or is a banana seat in this bikes future?

OR...
I find that perfect black leather seat with fringe and a crash bar, mounted on a bent layback seat post. Then I put some huge ape hangers on it for the competition photo with black grips and matching fringe...

Carl.

 

[OddJob]

Black Troxel loaf saddle for that moto look. Still got mine available...that should be 'banana' enough for the judge(s).

 

[GuitarlCarl]

A few reminders...

Triumph as seen in The Wild One

Lincoln as found with a full size springer polo

It has a sleek frame. I'm not sure the squareness of a loaf works, it'd probably be thicker and longer than this cartoon as well. I really think a leather saddle with crash bar and added fringe would be the best 50's era Wild One look.

Carl.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Apehangers...

Sent from a fixed point in time on planet Earth

 

[GuitarlCarl]

So I found these other bars I really like, and another saddle to try out.

Definitely needs a layback seat post and a big headlight.

Carl.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

One more from today...

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[GuitarlCarl]

Tear down for paint stripping

Goodbye old paintjob...

Carl.
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[GuitarlCarl]

Stripping and cleaning it up

I do love bare metal frames. Especially when they're brazed. I think this one is electro-forged and then brazed in places... I'll have to see what I can find online for 1953 Chicago Cycle Supply Company.

Carl.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Goodbye cool paint...

 

[OddJob]

Goodbye cool paint...

*sniff*

 

[user 26311]

Kind of sad to see the cool green fade paint job go... but the new build is shaping up nicely. This will be another awesome creation!

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Thanks guys, I realize the green was a muscle bike paintjob for sure. But two things moving forward, I don't really like green and a total change required it to be gone. Last night something came to me, a splash of color to replace the white, but defined to emphasize vintage hotrods and the paintjobs they wore. So rather than a fade imagine darts, I'm thinking salmon. There are many styles of darts so I'll be playing with that, luckily I have plenty of time.

Carl.

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[GuitarlCarl]

A cool little detail on our bikes is the headbadges. Often they are gone to collectors. I'm lucky to have the original for this bike. Without it, the bike is just another Schwinn with obsolete parts on it. (skiptooth on a 53') Looking for information on the Chicago Cycle Supply Company. I found a couple different pictures of Lincoln headbadges. They match mine with one exception, color. The few I found were the same orange red. Hmm...

I like how it makes the letters pop out.

Carl.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Hotrod scallops for inspiration...

Carl.

 

[Brian macumber]

Why take it all the way to bare metal and not just sand and paint over? Just curious because that's all I was planning on doing.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Why take it all the way to bare metal and not just sand and paint over? Just curious because that's all I was planning on doing.

The original paint was so bad a couple years ago when I painted it green that I took it down to bare metal then. So, stripping it back wasn't as bad as it sounds, and it gives me a better base to spray the primer and then the black metalflake over.

Carl.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Also, there's Rats and then there's Muscle Bikes. Now some folks have successfully combined the two. But it's rare. The best Muscle Bikes have a flashy paint scheme, like the Screamers and the Spyders. Even the Krates had at least vibrant colors. Now in the past 26" frames with wooden inserts and crusty patinas scored well in the voting precisely because this is RatRodBikes. But on a Muscle Bike forum they wouldn't have garnered a vote. Now, I'm all for bending the rules, in fact neither bike I'm building this time would be considered Muscle Bikes. But this is CLASS 2 so we can put a banana on anything we want and call it a Muscle Bike. So I will try to put my spin on a classic Muscle Bike paintjob for the Wild One, even though flat black, bare metal or patina fit my own rat heart better.

Carl.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Light sanding and steel wooling has begun. There's still a lot to do before paint.

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[GuitarlCarl]

Carl.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

It's pink.