1939 Deluxe Autocycle

[rfeagleye]

Wow, great bike there! Congratulations!

 

[mr.cycleplane]

Holy crap...has to be the bike of the year! I haven't seen anything prewar that nice in decades! Lucky you-wow!

 

[PlasticNerd]

OMG !!! What can be said that hasn’t been already? That’s a dream right there! Unbelievable, good on you!

 

[rollfaster]

What an incredible bike for sure, this is the kind of find we all dream about. A huge congrats to you!!

 

[biker]

Just beautiful. Beats mine by a mile.

 

[5782341b77vl]

Very powerful -

Him riding it one last time on memory lane before you left with the bike.

He obviously knew that you were going to appreciate its value. Not just money wise, but sentimental value.

Enjoy your new ride!

 

[Tim the Skid]

If you like Schwinn bicycles, ( or even if you don't) this is about as good as it gets. awesome find.

 

[sarmisluters]

Nice ! Had to comment so I can find this post again and again !
To sum this up, miracles can happen and you have to keep
buying those lottery tickets by searching CL and more 24-7.
Some people can do it, others cant.

 

[Phattiremike]

That's a hell of a find and story, that one would be in my bedroom!

-Mike

 

[HARPO]

Recently acquired this from the original 95 year old owner. He won it in a 'Little Orphan Annie Radio Show' contest. The paint and plating are really well preserved. I've done no clean up. He just took amazing care of it. He rode it down the block before I took it home. It had mismatched old tires on it, so I added the red Coker Goodrich tires. He noted that it came with red Gillette tires and even cut the sidewall off of one to save just to keep a record of what they were, Original red grips were replaced with matching ones decades ago, thus the post war streamer holes. It's got a few minor bumps and bruises, but overall pretty nice. One Seiss lens got cracked in the 1940's and was replaced with a plastic non-correct lens, so I need to round up a Seiss lens. I also need to reattach wires for the headlamps and mend the ones running through the handlebars to the EA horn and speedo lamp buttons. It's a nice riding bike.
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Wow!! This is one of those "I take it to the grave with me" bikes.