Ignaz Schwinn
Finally riding a big boys bike
Well, I finally ponied up and spent the dough required to be the owner of a Holy Grail. I picked up this October 15th, 1956 Black Phantom on the very large auction site with a "Buy it Now" in the fall. I took it all apart right down to the cups and cleaned, polished, rebuilt and greased everything on it's way back together. The chrome & paint are superb and it cleaned up better than expected. It was sporting the new 1995 seat and tires when I got it. I replaced the pretty nice Torrington 10's it came with for some shiny repops. I'm on the hunt for some Deluxe AS pedals to put on instead. I also swapped the original clover sprocket for a classic, just for aesthetics. That changed it up front from a 48 tooth to a 52 tooth, requiring a longer chain. Both wheels were really out of true, so I decided to add the front drum and respoke the rear with stainless steel and they straightened right up. I finished it off with some NOS hubcaps and have since put on some red dice valve caps. The horn, lights and brake light all work. The fork lock works great too. It rides like a dream! It's snowing outside now, so I'll have to wait a while for my next ride. Here's mine..... Let's see yours!
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