Hello all, long time lurker, new member with a couple question before I get started on my restoration. My intentions are to strip the frame of all parts and send it to Waterford for a full restoration. I have searched this forum and have found most of the info I need concerning cottered cranks and missing part parts I need to complete the bike. The bike came with alloy wheels but I think I am going to go with some wood reproductions, so if anyone knows of someone I can send the hubs to have them build me a set it would be most helpful. The second question is a bit more difficult, the bike is presently what I would call seafoam green, this was a common color in the 50’s, and I have seen it on everything from old Stratocasters to Cadillac’s. When I look at some of the Schwinn catalogs, the early bikes came in three colors, white, black, and red, although I am not entirely sure you couldn’t get a custom color at that time. The later catalogs do not list colors so I am trying to gage what would be an appropriate color choice for the bike. I think the current color was a re-spray because I see no sign of decals or stripes of any kind. To be frank I am not a big fan of seafoam green, I was thinking maybe changing the color to black with a red head tube. Finally; I am trying to avoid common mistakes on this restoration so if anyone could provide a little insight on things they have learned from their restoration projects it would be much appreciated. I want to do this right so a little been there done that from forum members can help me head off some bumps in the road.

Thanks all,
Ken