Schwinn Cruiser and Collegiate

[crabtreecharles]

First post here, so if I break any rules in either procedure or content, please be gentle and forgiving.

I found these two Schwinns in my dad's garage. The Cruiser 5 has a serial of BV508098; the serial of the Collegiate is BG043126. I tried doing my research before posting to this forum, but I am stymied; I would be most grateful if someone could help me with the approximate age of each bike and a rough estimate of value.

Thanks so much!

Find below links to photos of the bikes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2724936445/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2725761046/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2725761084/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2725761112/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2724936541/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2725761166/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2724936619/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crabtree/2725761210/in/photostream/

 

[Markm]

might wanna post a quick intro. As for the bikes, for wahtever reason the Cruisers are bringing crazy cash

 

[Markm]

just noticed that yours is a bit newer than the one bringing in the dough. Still very cool!

 

[CCR]

the cruiser is late 80s, the collegiate is a 71.

not really rare bikes, but theyre in decent shape, if I was selling them id let them go in the $150-200 range each after they were cleaned up a little bit.
theres not a high demand for bikes in my area so somewhere else they might do better

 

[oldschoolcolo]

Weird. Looks like the same one for sale on CL.

 

[crabtreecharles]

Thank you all for your help. I really appreciate the information!