Originally Posted by
Doug Fattic
The decal at the bottom of the seat tube says Kieth Anderson repainted the frame sometime in its past. Kieth was an Indiana guy that was both a builder and a painter before he moved out west 20 or so years ago. He painted a lot of frames for various builders that didn't paint their own frames. During the time he was in Indiana he mostly did repaints and not new paint jobs for other builders.
Well folks,
The frame is done and I got to pick it up today on my way to a dental appointment. New paint looks good and the folks at PKI said the chrome on the fork was in pretty bad shape. Likely why Keith painted the whole fork, and the rear chain stays. The fork took two hours of cleaning with blasting media to get it paint-able but the rest of the frame was OK. I'm fine with the full paint coat since we now know what the bike is, and what the condition of the old chrome was. I trust that Greg will provide a great set of decals for it, and I can start a rebuild when they get here. I will post pics tomorrow as I am a bit less than up to work after loosing a body part today. Doug, How do I give credit to Keith for the original paint or should I just let it rest? Smiles, MH