Originally Posted by
Rob_E
Wow, those are awesome. Much better shape than mine, too, which I also want to repaint. I hope you'll let us see the finished product(s). I really want to see one repainted because it'll help me decide if I want to go with as close to original as possible or if I want to go completely custom. Right now I'm leaning towards custom, but I really like the classic look that comes with that old Schwinn Coppertone.
They were in good shape overall and I like the old school gold too but the paint was pretty bad and the guy I bought them from had already tried to touch them up so I didn't feel too bad about stripping it off. I've been taking pictures throughout the process so I'll start a thread when it's done. I'm not great with a rattle can and with all the tubes these things are a pain to spray but I think it came out pretty well. I need to brush some of the chrome up a bit and get everything put back together but I think they'll be pretty nice once I get 'em back together.