Here is a new winter project bike i started on. Might powdercoat this one green. This one will have a inframe tank, with brick whitewall tires, & new schwinn hornet decals. What ya think? 
1956 Schwinn Hornet
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Thanks Norm, I have a couple of ideas on this build but, just not sure till i start putting it together. Still undecided on the seat,, original or a new one. I found the color, Psycho Green,,,, sounds good for a Hornet. I pulled the trigger & ordered a panther tank for Pat Dolan. That tank really makes these bikes look fabulous. here are some more pics of it.
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I'm also a big fan of the old Schwinns, especially the straight bar frames. Along with Pat's tank you can't go wrong.
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Absolutely, Silverbear! I just love the old shwinn steel bikes. I was looking at your thread of recovering old seats.I need to find a vendor who has elk skin leather to re-cover my seat. If not then possibly buying a new one. Any how i decided to send the frame out to powdercoat it. the color i picked looks really cool. They call it Pyscho Lime. I'll post more pics soon enough.
You should be able to find what you want on ebay, all the way from smaller pieces to whole hides.
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thanks SB, i see a lot of choices of sizes, but not a lot of black color. Guess i would need to dye it somehow. Here i have it all apart & preparing to sray paint the parts. The seat has 2 pans & parts, show in the pics
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I haven't bought any in awhile. Usually there is plenty of black available. Your seat looks like it is in pretty nice shape. It's going to look good and will be well worth your effort.
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not a whole lot,,, took a break to finish up the holiday season. I searched around looking for Elk skin leather & padding to refinish the seat. But other than that nothing. I've been waiting for the frame to come back ( sent out to be powdercaoted. ) Silverbear,, thanks for the tip on E-bay some prices vary depending on size of hides. Don't have a lot at this time. Here is a couple pics on the types of seat coverings. the tan & brown are samples from a fabric store. The foam padding i picked up there as well cost around 5.00- 7.00
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Look for a local western tack shop. They might have some hides if they do any saddle work.
That's a great alternative, thanks Maniac57.That would be better to see what i'm buying. Still undecided on color, black or brown, or maybe tan. We'll see ,, I still have some time to decide.
That's a great pic! Thanks for posting it Biknut. When i bought mine,, it only had frame & forks, headset, seat, post,& seat clamp. If you look back at the pics, you could tell the forks didn't match the color of the frame. The guy I bought it from said he took the forks off his sister's bike, cause he bent his when his chain broke & couldn't stop,,story goes he ran into his Dad's new Buick & flipped over the bars breaking his colorbone. When i went too get it, he pulled it out of one of the barns. Cost me 75.00 dollars. He wanted 100.00 but i said if it had the rest of the parts. Guess i did ok?This is what it looked like with the orginal tank.
I've kinda gotten into tank frames since I bought the Felt.
Just back from powdercoating,,, Wow I'm excited & love this color,,,, now to start building. This color is called Psycho Lime. It has a 2 coat process, Silver base & a candy like color over it. Check out the pics.Attachments
