Alright! I've started work on this bike but it's been a bit slow going as I have no warm place to do work unless I can take parts off and bring them inside.

Of course, these are chrome plated steel rims. Here's what they looked like before I cleaned them up



And here they are after!



I'm also starting to clean up the pedals since they're steel as well. Not quite finished with them but they're starting to turn out almost as nice as the rims did. I still have to hit the rims with a degreaser since I used oil and fine steel wool to clean the rust off.

Here is my next project on here to tackle. This is where the kickstand clamped on to the stays. It was work getting to this point because there was a cellophane like tape wrapped around the stays before the kickstand was put on. As you can see, the kickstand worked it's way through the tape.



IF I put the kickstand back on I will have some sort of cloth tape on the frame first. I've already cleaned everything here and put some sealer/primer in the spot. Still working on finding some yellow touch up paint. Of course, at this point I'm thinking I'm not going to put it back on because it's pretty hefty and where I keep the bike, it has something to lean on.

As a side note, it looks like the way the finish was originally applied was a base layer of white and then some kind of transparent yellow was applied over that. The yellow layer is kinda soft and rubs off easily with a light abrasive.

As far as finish goes, if I get it up and running and just fall in love with how well it rides, I may get it powder coated. Thinking about some kind of orange color. Or maybe a dark blue. We'll see if it'll be worth it to me to completely re finish the bike.