In a thread elsewhere found on this site, some asked the favorite color. I posted how I prefer the Coppertone color. So, that is going to be the inspiration for the bike build. As someone who does plating work, I wondered about doing a bike with copper paint like the Coppertone bikes, but to then do all the plating in copper instead of chrome. Hence a Copper2Tone bike. It will look like a classic Schwinn Stingray(have a 77 red in poor shape on the way to use) but with a different take, and the theme will be the dual copper work on the bike. I plan to only have the decals as non copper, and they will be in black, I believe. They will be exact Stingray copies, just done in black, and the chain-guard will have COPPER2TONE on it in-place of the Stingray decal. I will post pics of the bike when I get it in hand in a few days.
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Build off bike... General Lee (FINISHED W/ PICS)
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Posts: 269 (03/08/10 20:20:14) |
In a thread elsewhere found on this site, some asked the favorite color. I posted how I prefer the Coppertone color. So, that is going to be the inspiration for the bike build. As someone who does plating work, I wondered about doing a bike with copper paint like the Coppertone bikes, but to then do all the plating in copper instead of chrome. Hence a Copper2Tone bike. It will look like a classic Schwinn Stingray(have a 77 red in poor shape on the way to use) but with a different take, and the theme will be the dual copper work on the bike. I plan to only have the decals as non copper, and they will be in black, I believe. They will be exact Stingray copies, just done in black, and the chain-guard will have COPPER2TONE on it in-place of the Stingray decal. I will post pics of the bike when I get it in hand in a few days.
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Posts: 269 (03/09/10 00:51:31) |
Here the starter bike, a 77 red Stingray in about a 4/5 condition. It is almost sad to rework this bike as it is 100% original, just not in good shape at all. 
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Oh! that bike makes me drool!!! 77 is my birth year, and I am on the hunt for a 77'! That is a nice bike to start with! Your build idea sounds really cool! Oh I don't know if I can take watching you tear that bike down though LOL, I may have to just look at your final picture LOL.
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Posts: 269 (03/09/10 11:39:04) |
Jason, this is a May 77 made Ray. The pictures make it look better than it is. There is not a good piece of chrome on the bike. The handle bars are 75% stripped of chrome. The crank looks good on the outside you see in the pic, but the other side and the arm are shot, there is no chrome left at all. Both fenders need rechromed, as well as the sissy bar and wheels. This bike would take 6-700 to restore and with it being a 77(less desired year) you can pick up a really clean one for 3-350.00. Like you, I hate to tear any bike down, but the only thing that would be salvageable is the frame, and then even it needs a repaint. |
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Posts: 269 (03/10/10 03:12:21) |
Well, it seems i wont be able to get the plating redone in time for the deadline, so I need to change gears a bit. I still want to do a non chrome bike. I was thinking of getting a pair of mag wheels and having them powder coated, and then do the seat, crank, chain, bars, goose-neck, and other chrome parts in a color. a two tone of some sort, just not copper on copper. Any ideas from anyone? i seen someone is selling some nice metallic paints on the site.... What do you think of green on copper? maybe purple on copper? the seat and grips in green or copper will be easy to do, and then just strip to bare metal all the chrome parts and paint them the new color. I think using these two combos of color in a metalflake would give it a good retro look also, like it was built in the 70's.... I could call it the Schwinn Stingretro instead of Stingray. |
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RayRider wrote:I remember seeing a coppertone Sting-Ray that had been BMX'd as a kid, one of those kits they sold back then I think. Handlebars, gooseneck, crank, most of the parts were black, and he'd blacked the rims too. I always liked the way it looked, and blacking out chrome is an old car customizing classic. Since you're thinking about powder coating a rim, and you have some black decals, I think that a muscle bike done that way would be beautiful.
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Posts: 269 (03/10/10 15:42:49) |
LegendaryLarry wrote:Old cars and bikes(from the 70's) is where I got this idea originally. I just wanted to do anything different than a color and black. I also had the early 80's BMX bikes in mind when i cam up with this, as they often did red/yellow, blue/white, etc. Especially the ones with the colored mags.... they even ahd colored tires. I just wanted to make it 1970's looking and do it to a muscle bike. I think any two wild color combos would be great. I was thinking something with coppertone, but maybe green and grape even? so many choices.RayRider wrote:I remember seeing a coppertone Sting-Ray that had been BMX'd as a kid, one of those kits they sold back then I think. Handlebars, gooseneck, crank, most of the parts were black, and he'd blacked the rims too. I always liked the way it looked, and blacking out chrome is an old car customizing classic. Since you're thinking about powder coating a rim, and you have some black decals, I think that a muscle bike done that way would be beautiful. |
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Posts: 96 (03/11/10 02:34:45) |
If you're set against black, I'd go green. A copper and green combo always looks good to me, plus when copper tarnishes/patinas (however you want to say it) it goes green. (i.e. Statue of Liberty...)
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If you do some kind of Fade using Candy colors you will end up with 3 colors when finished as the overlap area of the green and copper will merge and make something else, could look cool.!
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Posts: 269 (03/12/10 03:15:57) |
I like the idea of a fade, but not sure if i am good enough to do that paint work myself. I may do some testing though and see how I do.
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Posts: 269 (03/16/10 15:06:18) |
OK, I am digging up a few more pieces to make sure of which one of two ways I need to go. By the weekend i will know if I can have everything in time. If so, I will go one direction, if not, the other direction. Either way, I will post an update with info on which way I am going. One way involves a classic Motorcycle, the other a classic Hot-rod.
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Posts: 269 (03/19/10 15:40:56) |
OK, I found out I can get the mag wheels in time, so the choice of bikes to build is one of orange and black..... with an 01 on it and a rebel flag! My custom pieces will be an etched plate for the head badge to replace the SCHWINN badge and it will be the rebel flag. Also, I am making an etched chain guard that will have 01 on it. I am even having the louvers in the doors added to the chain guard. orange bike with black accents. I believe I will being doing not only the wheels in black, but the handlebars, fenders, sissy bar, and kickstand. I will do the grips and seat as orange. The other thing is custom stickers that say GENERAL LEE to replace where they say SCHWINN on the upper bike tube. and yes, all the letters and numbers will be in black with white outline. IF, and I mean IF I can find a tall sissy bar, I will put a rebel flag on the back of the sissy bar where the backrest goes. I am researching to see if i can have an etched plate mounted there. I will be posting progress pics starting next week. |
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Posts: 269 (03/19/10 22:12:10) |
Here is a quick  drawing I did of it in Corel Draw. |
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Posts: 269 (03/19/10 22:31:50) |
CustomCruse wrote: Thanks, but this isn't a really good piece of work actually. I use Corel for my work so I do some very detailed art. I also get zinc photo/acid etched, and that is how I am making the custom badge and chain-guard. Zinc is heavy, but very pliable and easy to work with, plus it takes plating, paint, or powder coating well. |
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Posts: 1316 (03/19/10 23:36:49) |
That will be a Very Cool Bike
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Posts: 269 (03/22/10 00:07:27) |
Made a little progress over the weekend. Got all the metal stripped down and prepped for painting. WOW does 35 year old paint take for EVER to strip. I also got the forks and front fender painted up as well as the chain-guard. I have to do this chain-guard also as the one I am making will be bolted to this one. Here are a few pics. The orange and black look good together.     |
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Posts: 1316 (03/22/10 00:10:03) |
Nice Color!!Lookin Good
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Posts: 269 (03/22/10 01:15:21) |
Actually, it isn't Hemi orange. I looked all over for that at the parts houses and NOTHING! They had Chevy engine orange and that is it. So i got it at Lowes. It is the Valspar Premium Enamel orange. |
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Posts: 269 (03/22/10 13:57:38) |
One of the reasons I used this color. They had probably half a dozen oranges to chose from, but this was the closest. Once I sprayed it, I liked it even better. Plus, it seemed like good enough paint to not need to sand out and rub out after painting. I just left it as is out of the can. Not bad for 4 dollar spray bomb paint. |
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Posts: 703 (03/25/10 21:38:04) |
Can't wait to see it finished, YEEEEEE !!!! HAWWWW !!!!
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Posts: 269 (03/29/10 19:06:02) |
  Got a bit further, but like most ppl waiting on the weather to break. Sposed to start warmin up a bit over here later this week and I hope to get the back wheel mounted and a few more pieces of the bike together. It will be a month or so before the custom seat and chainguard pieces are finished, so it will be really close to dead line. I will be getting the GENERAL LEE decals this coming weekend to replace where it originally said Schwinn on the top tube also.
BTW, what is everyone's opinions on adding orange to the wheels, or making them orange? I also decided a few things will remain chrome. Sissy bar and bars as well as the wheelie wheel bars, but everything else will be orange or black. |
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