Hi all,
Last Thursday morning while driving through my alley, heading to work, I saw a blue bike sitting besides our neighbors trash. It was Thursday, trash day, so I quickly put the car back in the garage and ran to the neighbors trash can. To my surprise it was a very, very dirty, but good looking old Schwinn leaning against the trash can. I pulled it from aside the cans and rolled it back home. After a good long bath I discovered the condition wasn't all that bad. It is a 26" Schwinn American with women's frame. I took the serial # and found it's production date of September 15, 1961.
Over the last several days I've rebuilt the bike from ground up cleaning every part I come across. Outside of replacing the tires every part down to the chain are original and fully useable. Hubs have been repacked and wheels are true. I have some Kenda S7 white wall tires coming in later this week and it should be fully rideable very soon.
I look forward to chatting with you on further restoration of this great little bike. Although fully usable, the painted fenders are a little dinged up and there's rust here and there. Honestly, I kinda like it's battle damage.
Last Thursday morning while driving through my alley, heading to work, I saw a blue bike sitting besides our neighbors trash. It was Thursday, trash day, so I quickly put the car back in the garage and ran to the neighbors trash can. To my surprise it was a very, very dirty, but good looking old Schwinn leaning against the trash can. I pulled it from aside the cans and rolled it back home. After a good long bath I discovered the condition wasn't all that bad. It is a 26" Schwinn American with women's frame. I took the serial # and found it's production date of September 15, 1961.
Over the last several days I've rebuilt the bike from ground up cleaning every part I come across. Outside of replacing the tires every part down to the chain are original and fully useable. Hubs have been repacked and wheels are true. I have some Kenda S7 white wall tires coming in later this week and it should be fully rideable very soon.
I look forward to chatting with you on further restoration of this great little bike. Although fully usable, the painted fenders are a little dinged up and there's rust here and there. Honestly, I kinda like it's battle damage.
