A couple of days ago, I got the 1974 Raleigh Sprite’s frame and fenders back from the powder coat shop. Also took the seatpost and stem, as well as the oddly small handlebars in for sandblasting and finish coating – not chrome, though, I hate the maintenance chrome requires. I’ll post a picture of those items when I get them back.
The gray I chose is a lot lighter than it looked on the color card and has a bluish cast to it. Yesterday, at lunch, I took the frame and fenders to the body shop around the corner, as it were, from the office to select a color for the fenders by holding color cards against the frame in sunlight and with a small lamp that approximates sunlight. Chose a yellow that’s close to a British racing yellow but is a GM stock color used on semi-articulated tractor rigs. The paint will be a little cheaper than a custom color. Hopefully, the color scheme will work alright. At least those fenders will be visible a long way off.
The fellow who originally sandblasted the frame and fenders ran the rear fender through the box with the reflector in place. After working on its removal at the body shop, I can see why he left it alone. The body shop guys were able to get it removed, but it was more difficult than expected.
Here’re a couple of pictures:
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