Alienbaby17
Finally riding a big boys bike
A friend of mine is retired and makes some extra cash doing a bit of 'picking' in his free time. He mostly deals in old hot rod parts but picks up the occasional old bicycle from time to time. He got a hold of me on Sunday to ask me about this one he had just purchased at a flea market.
I looked it over and told him that at first glance it obviously has been repainted, and has mostly incorrect parts for a 1953 Schwinn. I gave him my opinion that even with all of those factors working against it, it still is a complete bike and has some desirable parts on it (springer fork and frame, skip tooth crank, sprocket and chain, S2 wheel set, etc.)
He decided it was too much of a project for him and sold it to me today.
After looking up the serial number and finding it was indeed a 1953 I began to wonder what model it was. After going through the 1953 catalog it looks like the Phantom model is the only one that came with a springer of this style and had a frame like this. So now I'm thinking it might be a Phantom- just missing all of the good parts and with most of the wrong parts installed in their place.
Thoughts from the experts?
Thanks.
I looked it over and told him that at first glance it obviously has been repainted, and has mostly incorrect parts for a 1953 Schwinn. I gave him my opinion that even with all of those factors working against it, it still is a complete bike and has some desirable parts on it (springer fork and frame, skip tooth crank, sprocket and chain, S2 wheel set, etc.)
He decided it was too much of a project for him and sold it to me today.
After looking up the serial number and finding it was indeed a 1953 I began to wonder what model it was. After going through the 1953 catalog it looks like the Phantom model is the only one that came with a springer of this style and had a frame like this. So now I'm thinking it might be a Phantom- just missing all of the good parts and with most of the wrong parts installed in their place.
Thoughts from the experts?
Thanks.