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1963 Varsity Dumpster Find Value?
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Eric Amlie
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Cool bike...I like it. Just finished a '64 model in the same color, but with a 21" frame.
The "Turkey Wings" on the brake levers are not original to the bike. Other than that and the tires, it does look pretty original.
I remember that there is something about '63 and low flange Atom hubs. Metacortex can probably elaborate.
The "Turkey Wings" on the brake levers are not original to the bike. Other than that and the tires, it does look pretty original.
I remember that there is something about '63 and low flange Atom hubs. Metacortex can probably elaborate.
SirMike1983
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
What kind of market did these bikes find in that era? Schwinn sold many during the Bike Boom, but in the U.S., cars ruled everything in the '50s and early '60s. Sales of children's and young people's bikes funded the adult bike production, which I've heard operated at a loss from the late 30s through the mid 1960s. Even this Varsity seems exotic for the U.S. market in the early 1960s.
Metacortex
Wore out three sets of tires already!
The '63 did indeed come with low-flange hubs:
Note also that the original handlebar tape was white. Color matching tape was introduced in '64.
Note also that the original handlebar tape was white. Color matching tape was introduced in '64.
If I were selling it, a starting price $200 sounds OK if you are thinking of Ebay. To get rid of it faster $150. Craigslist probably less depending on your market. 23" bikes I would think are more desirable and that is as big as these got.
I would buy it if I could pick it up.
schwinnman67
Finally riding a big boys bike
Nice! Even the spoke protector is still there...
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