Painting the Frame

Spent the last three days painting the frame and the swing arm.  Ran out of primer and had to make a quick run to Canadian Tire to pick up some more.  The frame and swing arm each received two coats of primer, 3 coats of General Motors Light metallic Blue and 3 coats of clear.  My improvised paint booth worked really well and I am happy with the results

 

Painting the Frame

 

 

 

The Finished Product

Finishing the Frame

Today Curt and I finished modifying the frame.  Curt welded on all new mounting tabs for the oil tank/battery box, the seat, and floor boards then cleaned the frame with a wire wheel.  Also he pulled the bearings from the swing arm and installed the races for the new bearings.  Now my real work starts...painting the frame and the swing arm!  Just about have the paint booth set up.  This should be exciting.

 

 

Oil Tank and Seat mounted on frame

Framed

Yesterday Curt and I spent the afternoon customizing the frame.  Curtis summarily chopped off all the "extraneous" tabs, etc. and then broke out the welding gear to fill in some areas as well as add the mounting hardware for the seat.  Tabs for mounting the oil tank/ battery box still have to be added but that will be next weekend's project.  Also got to see the new period correct tires I ordered for the bike.  Love them!

 Fitting Oil Tank/Battery Box to Frame

 

 New Oil Tank/ Battery Box

 

New tires

 

 

Today I tackled the wheels in an attempt to finish restoring the chrome....an easier task now that the old spokes have been removed.  I think they came out pretty good!