Original paint with a little touching up with original Schwinn Spray paint 48 years old! I did re-paint the forks-they matched perfectly-but I could not find the original spear stripes! I searched everywhere for the original style, but could not find any! I have a friend that paints pinstripes-He said he would paint the original style pinstripes on the fork for me this summer. So, I'll have to live with the wrong spears until then. I don't know about you but that really bothers me-I'll feel much better when the stripes are done!