1960's Schwinn American De Luxe...got this today also

[HARPO]

BTW, the guy I bought the bike from told me (and someone told him when he bought the house) that the owner of the bike was a runner-up in a Miss America Pageant many years ago. Doesn't add anything to the bike, just a bit of a side note on it!

 

[HARPO]

Mercifully, the tank is in better condition than I had dared hope for (especially after the Starlet tank). Should clean up pretty well.

 

[DRCA]

Dude, you beat him up. I will give you 250 now, and I will have twins. Where are you?

 

[HARPO]

@DRCA Thanks anyway, but I'll be keeping this one for when my oldest Granddaughter comes to visit. Or, I can talk my wife into riding it once in a while.

Besides, I'm on Long Island, and I don't ship bikes anymore. So, you being 3,000 miles away doesn't work anyway even if I was going to sell it. Sorry.

 

[GTs58]

@DRCA Thanks anyway, but I'll be keeping this one for when my oldest Granddaughter comes to visit. Or, I can talk my wife into riding it once in a while.

Besides, I'm on Long Island, and I don't ship bikes anymore. So, you being 3,000 miles away doesn't work anyway even if I was going to sell it. Sorry.

That American is a really nice piece just needing a good cleaning, polishing and lube. I'm sure your Granddaughter will love it when it's all dressed up for the dance.

 

[HARPO]

Opened the head light today for the first time...and I'm not really surprised. Not to bad, though, as the battery leakage was minimal.

 

[HARPO]

Just reassembled it for the final detailing. I'm happy with it...and the tires are still holding air!!

MANY paint chips that will show once I finish and get the bike outside for the final photos.

I'm also going to add a rear rack I have that didn't come on this year DeLuxe, but it will look nice. I still also need to clean the saddle bag.

 

[GTs58]

Lucky...lucky...lucky!

If Delta was as smart as the Chinese these PITA lights would have an easy access to change or remove the batteries. Like come on, remove a teeny tiny screw that gets lost just to fart around with batteries? Right.

 

[OptimusJay]

nice job cleaning her up, looks great!

 

[HARPO]

There are still battery "drippings/runnings" from the tank, though, that stained the paint. It'll show in the final photos when I'm finished.

And boy, what a PITA to clean white paint!!