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Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:53 am

oldschool64bus wrote: my daughters bike, picked it up on craigslist for $75 if I remember right. still has the og tires on it.

You want another one for parts?

Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:16 pm

Major Woody wrote: Toolbox, I can email you the exploded view of that hub if you need it. I am guessing you probably already have it.

In 2000 I ebayed my mint ivory and light red '49 hornet with phantom seat, springer, rocket ray and taillight rack. The plan was to replace it with a B-107 with fenderlight--black and ivory. I have a '48 World straightbar frame, nice original locking springer, redband kickback hub and a few other parts. Still collecting the rest, but it could take years. Much like VWs, ebay has has driven the value of original parts for these bikes through the roof.

I miss taking my cruiser out for ice cream, and wish I had never sold it.

Wow, look at this old thread.
Here are some pix of the bike I was talking about. I finally have them hosted online.

Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:51 pm

Major Woody wrote:

Wow, look at this old thread.
Here are some pix of the bike I was talking about. I finally have them hosted online.

Wow I have that bike in a 24" green original paint, need a couple of small parts for it.

Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:26 pm

I picked up this '73 Collegiate a couple weeks ago:

How it sat 2 days ago:

I'll have it back on the road today!

Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:02 pm

We have a pretty nice 70's? woman's gold Schwinn Suburban w/gold/pinstripe fenders in the shed. :wink:

Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:11 pm

Basically finished!

Test ride!

Just needs new brake pads and a wire to power the headlight.

Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:46 am

I have one of those I am rebuilding, it is a bare frame with forks and chain guard. I will use yours as a reference of what I need.. This is the one I currently have with my sept 55 Phantom in the background...

Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:49 am

1948 Schwinn I built for my girlfriend..

Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:52 am

DMNCLNR wrote: I have one of those I am rebuilding, it is a bare frame with forks and chain guard.

I have the chain guard and a luggage rack for mine.
:oops: I forgot to paint them :oops:

Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:57 pm

i have a 49' rat girls when i got it it now has a bunch load of accesorys and a correct era seat http://www.flickr.com/photos/48848752@N03/4476392553/

Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:59 pm

sorry wrong bike this one is it http://www.flickr.com/photos/48848752@N03/4557071316/in/photostream/

Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:35 pm

Mr. Bubblehead wrote: lonslo61 wrote:

Western Flyer & Columbia

Those old western flyers were sweet bikes.

i'm still unsure of what age mine actually is. :?

Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:59 pm

I met a guy today in central illinois that had about 500 bikes, he is selling things on e-bay. He had it all! It was over whelming. Did see what he said was a 67 Ramshorn schwinn. sweet bike. Anyone interested I have his number. Even saw a tandem mountain bike :shock:

Thu May 06, 2010 11:18 am

i've got a july of '63 schwinn american pics to come

Fri May 07, 2010 8:35 am

I have his and hers schwinn World ten speeds from the late 70's
(the wife's bike still has og tires on it and hold air just fine) but a bit of rust starting to form on the rims, what do you guys use to clean the rims that will not damage the crome? I have found that some crome cleaners can shine up just fine but a year later the rust is back ten-fold

Fri May 07, 2010 8:38 am

bc59bus wrote: I have his and hers schwinn World ten speeds from the late 70's
(the wife's bike still has og tires on it and hold air just fine) but a bit of rust starting to form on the rims, what do you guys use to clean the rims that will not damage the crome? I have found that some crome cleaners can shine up just fine but a year later the rust is back ten-fold

0000 steel wool works great! I've used it on rims for a while. It's a lot of work (about an hour per wheel, depending on condition), but it is worth it!

Sat May 15, 2010 9:31 am

At one point I've had over 35 at once.

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/blue72beetle/Schwinn/?start=all

I'm started to get away from the old ones a bit, and get into the late 90's Schwinn Homegrown mountain bikes.

Sat May 15, 2010 11:34 am

I sold a '62 Typhoon just last night.

Mon May 17, 2010 9:05 am

Funny, I came in here to start a schwinn thread and there already was one....I didnt even have to search. :lol:

Anyway, I have a '52ish meteor that I got for free. I was picking up a 71 westy and saw it sitting there. Asked if he would throw it in with teh bus and he said yes. I ride it to this day, all original, skip-tooth chain etc.

Here it is with my single cab.

I just picked up a late 40's girls bike that I am going to restore. The girlfriend doesnt like the "patina" as much as I do and wants a "nice" bike. I told her "nice" is all original, including paint. O well, I have actually wanted to restore one for a while but I didnt want to strip the paint on mine, so Im going to restore hers.

Here is a link to the pictures of the new bike. It was missing hte rims when I got it, so I put mine on to show the girlfriend its potential. She would not have appreciated it had I shown it to her the way it was brought home. It didnt have wheels and the fenders were not on it. Anyway, its about to get stripped and redone, I just need some parts before I get started. Anyone have any 26" S2 rims for sale?

http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad83/riverjunkyy2/schwinn/?action=view&current=IMG_0190.jpg

Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:39 pm

ok ok I know its not a SCWHINN but I finally got myself a cruiser :lol: 1959 JC Higgins Spaceliner