(WBO) Super - Sonic......1957 Chevy parts....finished, finished,, FINISHED!!!

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Next installment, I thought that the frame looked to plain all black so I did a bit on paint work on it. I then went over it a sanded the paint and satin cleared it to keep the "well used bike" look. I'm not sure how much the paint helped the look of the bike, bit I don't think I hurt it.

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I got this cool Starjet head badge FREE!! From a member here @spd635 Steve. He didn't even let me pay shipping on it! Thanks again Steve!

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I am now ready to start assembling most of the bike. Still have many issues to figure out, but here we go.

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Greased the bearings and started to assembly the fork. Done for today!!

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YOWZA!!!! I had a lot of catching up to do on this build. WOW!!! :eek:
Chain guard painting is super cool, that fork work is genius, tires are perfect,tank is awesome,etc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
LOVE LOVE LOVE this build!!!! Great work!
 
Thanks for all of the complements!! I still have some hurdles to get over before this one is done, bit I am pretty happy so far.
 
Just another update as I continue to clean, grease, adjust, and assemble this bike. The front wheel that I am using is off of an old Raleigh 10 speed. It took a lot of rubbing to remove the rust from the spokes and rim! I greased it and set the bearings.

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I have installed the star chain ring, some new jeweled Torrington pedals, and the chain guard. I am still a little less than thrilled about the amount of chainring showing at the top, but I feel that this was the best compromise.

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I got rid of the original S-7 hoop in the rear but saved the good part! I laced a random chrome hoop to the bendix red band 2 speed hub after I cleaned everything up nicely. Then I tore down the hub and cleaned it and repacked it. WOW, my first time into a 2 speed, thankfully I work on transmissions some. Because that is what the insides of this hub look like. A planetary gear set, some friction and steel discs (brake) very similar to automatic trans clutch packs.

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A cute item to match the theme.... rocket valve stem caps.

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I also polished up the rear rack. Man, that old Schwinn chrome really comes back to life with a little aluminum foil scrubbing!

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So, here is the bike as it sits right now.

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I am planning to use an old spaceliner seat on this build. But, I just about bent the crap out of the lower pan when I separated the pieces! I intend to dye it and make some changes to the lower section for my mounts.

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Well, I got the seat all taped off and ready for some deep red vinyl dye. I had to order it in so I won't have it until tomorrow. :(

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I had originally planned to use an old Huffy two-tone red and white seat on this bike. @jd56 had one but it was a little on the rough side, so I grabbed this decent saddle off of my girl's spaceliner bike. I did my own two-tone job with some dupli-color vinyl dye. This seat has a crash rail also, the huffy seat didn't. Here is a picture of the seat and a quick mockup on the bike.

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Those valve caps are sweet!:rockout: LUCKY ROCKET SHIP VALVE STEM CAPS
 
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Sorry that I haven't posted on this build in a while. I have been in one of those 2 steps forward, 3 steps back modes for a week or so! I wanted to try and make a seat mount that was cool and out of the ordinary!
I made a front mount on the seat base so that it could hinge off of the original seat post.

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I also realized that the original seat was designed for about half of my weight, so I installed a rubber bump stop into the lower frame.

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It took quite a while to make these 1/4" thick aluminum "wings" designed to mount the seat. I intended to polish them out and really make them a focal point of the bike.

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After all of this, I looked long and hard at the mount.... and decided that It looked out of place, and not at all like the flowing form that I envisioned to complement the form of this build.
 
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