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I picked up a Model 92 a few weeks ago and decided since it has 17” wheels, that I would build this one with my granddaughter & this would be her bike! Bought everything in the first pic for $250. I think it was a great deal!

I had her take the bike apart down to the roller. I think she looks rather pleased with herself. Then I stripped the wheel’s & suspension off it and took it to be sand blasted!

Today, it was warm enough to paint. So that frame got 2 coats of self etching primer, then a rub down with 0000 steel wool, followed by 2 coats of Old Ford Motor Blue, from Duplicolor!

Lucky granddaughter! Great buy for $250 Victor.

Today I worked on an Ace tank which was given to me by a friend. The chrome was mostly gone from the tank but a little copper was still showing in places. I used my pad sander with 120 grit paper and worked off the rust and smoothed it out best I could. Then I shot the tank with self etching primer.

After the primer, I worked on filling the minor dents & dings with glazing putty. I then sanded the glazing putty and added more where needed. After drying, I sanded again, working to round the areas which needed rounding. Continued sanding and added a 3rd round of glazing putty to fill cracks & uneven areas.

The 3rd sanding now, with 220 grit to slow things down and make the surfaces finer & smoother. Then a coat of 2 X primer and letting it dry over night. The attached pics show the progression.

We are due to get hit with possible snow tomorrow. A 30% chance of 1/2” or less is the forecast. Probably get back to it over the weekend when it warms back up into the 60’s again! Victor

You gonna let her pick out the color?

She already did! She wants it painted like a Super Combat. So the frame is already Old Ford Motor Blue & the tank will be Farm Implement Orange! She originally wanted the bike orange & black. But then she looked at my 1500 and said “But if we paint mine orange and black, we might not be able to tell our bikes apart!” So I showed her a pic of a Super Combat & she said she liked that. I told her that way her frame would be blue and mine would be black & there wouldn’t be any confusion! Gotta love 8 year olds!!! Victor

good job victor. kids now a days need all the help we can give them