64 Lime + game?

[60sstuff]

Livmojoe,

John, that is very plausible about the green reflector.
That should have been a Schwinn engineering fix to prevent paint damage. Maybe a metal bracket thingy secured with the rear chain guard screw to prevent that cable slap.

Three Speed differences,
The 3 speed trigger bikes used the (cable / threaded tube / chain mechanism).
The 3 speed Stik-Shift used the (cable / threaded tube / spring / chain mechanism).

 

[60sstuff]

As said don’t know about its life but I don’t think the guy I bought it from took any extra protection in its 500 mi. trip from Reno NV. To Long Beach Ca., now that I look at the 3 spd cable/guard I wonder if that’s why the glass reflector placed where it is.

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Ingenuity right there.

 

[mrg]

Seems like all the alterations were well thought out from the two tone tire letter paint to the hidden antenna in the sissy bar but still the big mystery is the loss of paint on the top bar, kid standing on the bar, newspaper bags or another alteration gone bad, seems like it was a repaint that would have been fixed.

 

[60sstuff]

Seems like all the alterations were well thought out from the two tone tire letter paint to the hidden antenna in the sissy bar but still the big mystery is the loss of paint on the top bar, kid standing on the bar, newspaper bags or another alteration gone bad, seems like it was a repaint that would have been fixed.

Mark,

Exactly! …… I trust your “trained eye” from years of experience with bicycles that you know Factory paint and screens, opposed to a repaint.
I personally can tell from your photos that the 62 year old Lime paint and screens are Factory applied.

There’s a few members on this site that are still lacking.

Thanks for sharing again a very unique ‘64 Flamboyant Lime.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

I guess we have a winner of the game @60sstuff congrats make sure it add it to your awesome guy resume

 

[mrg]

No winner here, just a interesting story & a bare metal top bar we will never know “why”, I know a friend/relative of the guy that brought it down here 10 yrs ago to the Bus meet, when the 2-3 weeks of VW meets start I’ll try again to get more info. All old bikes have a story, man I know the things I did to my 63-4 SR and perfect example in my 64 lime SD I bought from OG owner, he told me some good stories when I ask about things on the bike one in particular I said it was to bummer the chrome guard had no paint he said when he learned it was all chrome so he stripped the lime so he had the only all chrome guard around and I’ve told many stories of my 56 Spitfire that’s been in the family longer than me and first my cousin then & my friends and I are responsible for 99% of the scratches/dents, adding & subtraction of parts!

 

[acg_schwinn]

Three Speed differences,
The 3 speed trigger bikes used the (cable / threaded tube / chain mechanism).
The 3 speed Stik-Shift used the (cable / threaded tube / spring / chain mechanism).

Yes indeed. The spring was included on the Stik-Shift models because otherwise the Stik-Shift would give the rider enough leverage to rip the cable in two (or tear the shift rod out of the hub) if the cable was yanked too far beyond the Low gear position. Once the shift rod hits the limit of its travel within the hub, the spring expands to take up any excess movement of the Stik-Shift. 5-speeds have the same design, but hide the spring inside the overload tube at the upper end of the cable, just rearward of the shift lever.

I agree that the green button reflector was probably added by a knowledgeable owner after seeing what the cable did on other Sting-Rays. Those are little gems with all kinds of semi-decorative uses beyond just hub shiners or license-plate frames. Gulco offered them with two different mounting methods: a 3/4" threaded stud with compression spring and wing nut (their No. 102) or a 1/2" threaded stud with nut and lock washer (No. 102 H). The green one in the photos above looks to be one or the other version of the 102, as seen in their 1963 catalog:

 

[mrg]

Those Gulotta’s are plastic that the cable would ware into, I’ve never checked the brand but it’s glass which made the difference.