I am the third owner of this bike. the first owner owned an auto garage and gave the bike to his painter for free. The worker was not really interested in it but repainted it and polished up the chrome and decided to sell it by posting an add in a bike store he frequented. That bike store mentioned it to me because they knew I was heavily into vintage bikes. I didn't want another bike at the moment cause I was putting money aside for baby items, but i went to see it anyway because a friend from the schwinn club was interested in an all original schwinn. The guy wanted 450.00 but i told him i wanted to pay 200.00. he gave it to me for 275.00 which i easily figured was more than reasonable for a near perfect resto. I had originally wanted to sell it on ebay and make a little profit but it grew on me. This is how i got it.
I couldn't stand the original handlebars and stem so I set them aside and put on some wider vintage 1959 handle bars and a old racing stem.
I changed the wheels and tires for some heavy duty rims and cream quick bricks which made the bike color pop. the horn works now (not too much in the cold) and the light also,which i haven't put back on yet. Im still thinking of selling it to get a nirve chopper but cant bring myself to it. Simple and classy. It's an eye-catcher where ever i take it. Enjoy.
I couldn't stand the original handlebars and stem so I set them aside and put on some wider vintage 1959 handle bars and a old racing stem.
I changed the wheels and tires for some heavy duty rims and cream quick bricks which made the bike color pop. the horn works now (not too much in the cold) and the light also,which i haven't put back on yet. Im still thinking of selling it to get a nirve chopper but cant bring myself to it. Simple and classy. It's an eye-catcher where ever i take it. Enjoy.
