Last of the Schwinn Ballooners

[ohdeebee]

Customer brought this in for a total overhaul. Completely tore down piece by piece, cleaned, rebuilt and put back together. Not too shabby. And don't get jealous I get paid to do this

Before:

After:

 

[UTR1]

:shock: :shock: wow...nice

 

[Spokeshave]

Sweet. Nothing like old Schwinn chrome.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Looks great :wink:

 

[B607]

That's in such nice condition it makes me wonder what happened to the original green painted fenders? Gary

 

[2manybikes]

That's in such nice condition it makes me wonder what happened to the original green painted fenders? Gary

I was wondering the same thing...Still purrty though :mrgreen:

 

[ohdeebee]

I advised the owner that it would be well worth the money to try and hunt down some fenders and correct pedals. That stuff would drive me nuts on such a near perfect bike!!!

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Now that's a nice example of a good survivor ! very sweet bike...

 

[KJV]

why didn't you clean the tires ?
looks nice otherwise.

 

[ohdeebee]

why didn't you clean the tires ?
looks nice otherwise.

I couldn't do it. The tires aren't correct for the bike and should be replaced with something of the right vintage. New whitewalls would be so stark so these will stay for now.

 

[KJV]

you could pick-up a pair of Schwinn typhoon cords,
@ the LBS.they are very sweet. $26.50 each.
i bought a pair to go on my panther.{if i can ever get around to restoring it}.

 

[ohdeebee]

I am the LBS. The owner of the bike doesn't want to stick any money into the bike. I have a set of original Schwinn balloon whitewalls but he doesn't like the price tag.