Let's see your vintage paintwork
04-02-17, 03:02 AM
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Let's see your vintage paintwork
What's the best vintage paintwork you've seen or own?
Not decals, but the actual paint job, including box lining, lug lining, particularly nice color schemes, pantographing, etc.
Not decals, but the actual paint job, including box lining, lug lining, particularly nice color schemes, pantographing, etc.
04-02-17, 03:07 AM
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Blue Riband
Too kick things off, here's mine:
This is a 1946 Hobbs Blue Riband restored by Charles Woodward, a retired coachbuilder. The paintwork is both beautiful and understated, with airbrushed blue-grey swirls and neat lug lining.
This is a 1946 Hobbs Blue Riband restored by Charles Woodward, a retired coachbuilder. The paintwork is both beautiful and understated, with airbrushed blue-grey swirls and neat lug lining.
04-02-17, 06:56 AM
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That Hobbs sets a pretty high threshold for this thread. 
You guys have all seen my Capo frames, one original, one CyclArt. No fancy gold trim or other detail work, though.
(Come to think of it, my first Bianchi, a bottom-of-the-line 1962 Corsa, was all red, with gold outlines on the lugs. My brother's was gold, with red outlines on the lugs. You don't see that level of finish craftsmanship on any bargain basement bikes today.)
You guys have all seen my Capo frames, one original, one CyclArt. No fancy gold trim or other detail work, though.
(Come to think of it, my first Bianchi, a bottom-of-the-line 1962 Corsa, was all red, with gold outlines on the lugs. My brother's was gold, with red outlines on the lugs. You don't see that level of finish craftsmanship on any bargain basement bikes today.)
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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04-02-17, 07:56 AM
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Allin Belgique.
Deleted - too left field,
i.e not mainstream enough for the thread/forum.
John.
i.e not mainstream enough for the thread/forum.
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I always thought Motobecane did a good job with paint, 1st is my 75 Grand Jubile in original paint, Centurion was good also, Maroon one is a Le Mans I sold when we moved. Blue one is my Centurion Pro Tour. It was a high mileage tourer with worn out hubs/rims but with new wheels it was my main Winter rain bike on my commute for 10 years. Certainly withstood the test of time. Don
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04-02-17, 10:19 AM
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Deleted, apparently no real interest in HoB bicycles.
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04-02-17, 11:59 AM
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Airbrush should not be used to achieve this result
04-02-17, 12:15 PM
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Modest, but nice striping , will update with better photo soon.
edit - such a bad photographer need 3 to convey what some of youse guys capture in 1.
edit - such a bad photographer need 3 to convey what some of youse guys capture in 1.
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04-02-17, 02:45 PM
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These fancy ladies are way outta my league. Thanks for sharing them. guys. Some amazing stuff.
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This is Merz TW189 from 1979 so almost 40 years ago. Not terribly fancy per se, but extremely good quality for the time, very durable as it is Imron and very well done. Jim's wife at the time Virginia Church was his painter so another caveat of a woman in a very important role of the industry. I believe this was a 4 step process that started with hot tanking and a zinc phosphate electro bath of some sort. I read it in an article somewhere, but can't find it now so not sure of specifics. Anyway, it is still very beautiful, no flaking, minimal chips and rust anywhere.
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The paintwork is not original to Hobbs. It was restored (I've no idea when) by a retired coachbuilder and painter called Charles Woodward. He was an avid collector of vintage bikes, particularly Hobbs of Barbican.
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My Allegro, from about 1960, has that effect done to the paint. It's pretty tired now, and for some reason I don't have any good photos... but this gives a taste:
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@hobbs1951 I thought the Allin fit well in this thread on the basis of it being a "particularly nice color scheme" and would like to see it back in the thread. Even better, it would be nice to see that frame built up.
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04-03-17, 08:17 PM
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You're all quite right: it's either candle or acetylene smoke. What a nice effect.
The paintwork is not original to Hobbs. It was restored (I've no idea when) by a retired coachbuilder and painter called Charles Woodward. He was an avid collector of vintage bikes, particularly Hobbs of Barbican.
The paintwork is not original to Hobbs. It was restored (I've no idea when) by a retired coachbuilder and painter called Charles Woodward. He was an avid collector of vintage bikes, particularly Hobbs of Barbican.
this what was called painting with fire. It's the soot from candle or torch.
