Originally Posted by
brianhamp
I guess I haven't seen very much, I have had a few Raleigh's in the past and none of them had rear facing ends. Most are from late 60's and 70's though. This is the oldest bike I have ever owned.
As you can see in my pictures someone painted it with silver paint, I was able to remove some of it however it is also wanting to erase the decals. Should I stop trying to remove the silver paint to reveal the original paint? Are decals available for this bike?
Sorry for so many questions and Thanks for your help.
Brian
I'm not sure if all of the transfers are available - perhaps a few may be covered in the sets that make the rounds these days from Indonesia and Thailand - though that's primarily for the Sports. The Thai sets also have a very poor copy of the "ALL-STEEL" typeface in the downtube transfer; there's a US seller on eBay that has a much better example available.
I think I've seen the chainguard decal offered separately, but can't be positive of the rest of the decals. Come to think of it, I don't think I remember what a 28" roadster of this era would have had
as decals. This era also varied their transfers a lot more than the 1960's and 1970's bikes.
I'd suggest photographing whatever you can for reference (post the pics here too). Even if the decals are removed in the process of cleaning off the silver paint, it'll be a win if you can get the silver off without harming the green below.
-Kurt