First restoration

[mooseknuckle2000]

1953 Schwinn (Something?)

 

[509clunk]

They are only original once!! Just give her a nice cleaning and wax and she will be beaut!!! That old paint cleans up nice!! And rebuild mechanically!! My .02

 

[Terry66]

Yeah, the paint is too nice on that one to do a restoration. I'd shine her all up and leave it. Find an old cool bike with house paint for your first restoration!

 

[mooseknuckle2000]

I thought about keeping it original, but I'm missing some parts anyway plus it has some dents I want to straighten out. It's a '53 24" mystery bike (still haven't pinned down exactly what model), so I don't feel too bad about shining it up
I'm pretty excited to get 'er goin'!

 

[Terry66]

Looks like a DX to me. I have a '46 Schwinn DX 26" boys bike. They are cool old bikes and ride like a dream. Good luck with whatever you decide to do with it!

 

[mooseknuckle2000]

Thanks Terry. I've been told it's a DX, but I don't really know what that means. Is there any information out there on them? Does the X mean we don't know what model it is (or does it not have a name as it's a mid/lower level bike)?

 

[LarzBahrs]

The model name is dx thats all. No mystery x about it lol. Id sell that bike or trade it and buy a decent boys ballooner or means ballooner with the coin. 24in bikes especially with tanks are kinda scarce to be honest.

 

[mooseknuckle2000]

Thanks. Yeah, I'm going to tinker with this one. Shouldn't have to put too much $ into it, but I am on the market for a boys tank ballooner. The trick is to find one that won't break the bank :wink: