New bike for my daughter..............It fits her style perfectly.

1962 Schwinn Hollywood

This one has 24" wheels so it fits her petite 9 year old frame perfectly and if you know her personality, it fits that perfectly as well. We (she was helping) started the tear down tonight. As you will see from the pictures, the bike shows it's age but has a nice look to it. For now the plan is just a refurb, no paint involved. I like to keep the vintage look if I can. The shiny bits are a bit rusty and the chrome is flaking off but we will shine them up as best we can after getting the loose chrome off.

The stem was extremely stuck and it took quite a while to get it out. Unfortunately the wedge on the bottom broke off in the process so I will have to dig around for another one. The chrome on the underside of the bars is the worst spot.  

The rear rack should polish out nicely. 

She loves this seat, I think it looks pretty cool too. The sides are split where the white meets the blue but it is holding together so we will reuse it. 

Underside of the front fender still attached to the fork. Unfortunately while trying to get the stuck stem out I dented the fender..........got a little body work to do.  

More progress to come, that's enough for now.