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I belive blue candy enamel over flat silver (likely aluminum) is what Schwinn used, Dupli color maybe the only source, I don't belive my local paint store sells a clear enamel that I can have tinted, ppg sells a universal acrylic clear, but they don't call it an enamel,with the exception of...

Thanks , I'm not sure when I'll get to it ,gotta find paint , I've read Dupli color intense blue pearl, is a close match,maybe in tone, but I've never seen a pearl schwinn, radiant blue is a blue candy over silver and I'm almost certian I read Schwinn used enamel , here's the number H114876

Haven't torn it down yet, it's an s7 wheel, ordered a huret derailleur off ebay till when & if I find an original, found a single speed Corvette donor with most of the parts I need, it's radiant blue , radiant blue may be my color, it has a blue & white seat, is a six rivet seat correct? haven't...

Picked this 61 , H1 ,rattle canned, basket case up in OHIO yesterday, (haven't gotten down to the whole number), the pic is from the facebook add, listed as " Chicago Schwinn Cruiser 5 speed " the parts search begins, been selling off bikes too clean out my garage, but I've been wanting a...

I like it but,I gotta wonder how some parts faded but not the paint or decals

I think the only thing Schwinn about the Pacific Schwinns is the name, like this junk one I found on the side of the road & put together for my friends kid :)

Fake or china schwinn?

Forgot to set my alarm and let this Run-About get past me at $360 and it's not brown, my wife will let me live another day! http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&toolid=10001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=332803310787

A 5 speed BMX bike? http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&toolid=10001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=123334138698

I feel so much better about myself now :)

I've seen rougher ones go for more,only a seat recover, front fender, brake & rim from being there , paint looks good

Nice bike looks custom, welded frame?, old school kickback bendex ? huffy tires, brand x chainring ,someone likely had a friend at a chrome shop, or a pocket full of money

https://www.facebook.com/events/164912600841291/ Royal Oak Classic Bicycle Swap Meet added an event. August 8 · 3rd Annual Royal Oak Classic Bicycle Swap Meet held at the Royal Oak, MI, Farmer's Market. • Over 50 Vendors • $5.00 admission • Free Parking • Kids 10 and under free • Classic...

It's not just the heavy bikes that aren't selling, it's a buyers market on all of them, this went for $31.55 , I didn't want to make the 3 hr drive, looks like a Corvette with 2 speed kickback

yard art

I need a pole barn and a tool shed and a music room and a wood working shop and a electronics shop and a machine shop and a paint booth and my wife doesn't like the idea of moving to my farm!!!

No , I think I'll just keep welders ,torches,air compressor , generator,power tools , the Harleys and parts, all that stuff gets used, the bicycles & parts are the least important of all the stuff, but since my friends won't go anymore I may get rid of the Snowmobile & ice fishing gear :)

The guy that owns a bike shop by me was sitting on 16 Phantoms a couple years ago, said they bring half of what they did ten years ago, that was two years ago, said they used to bring 3 grand and were down to 1200 and he was holding, seems like the only ones getting their money back out of...

Thanks, I could just about get my money back for the shifter & overload tube, not counting the tires & derailleur I just ordered, my problem is I need to get rid of something to make room, garage is in overflow status :)

Picked up a 66 Fastback today , wrong seat, likely a repop chainguard and then I spent too much on tires, tubes and a Sprint derailleur, but they quit giving Fastback slicks away some time ago, ugly HUH, but then again they seem to want 4, 5, 6 even 7 hundred for Fastbacks that need paint &...

Mine goes toward vintage also, as far as quality goes , my prewar bikes aren't built any heaver or better than my 60s or 70s bikes, without the extra 5 lbs for tank & springer weight figured in, they all come in at 40lbs wether a prewar ballooner, 60s middleweight or a 70s, 26" diamond frame...

Worksman makes them in USA without tanks around $600, Aero-Fast makes them in USA with tank, closer to a grand, ( they both market direct),you can buy an import from any bike shop, if you buy at a discount store you'll need to grease the bearings.

Since when did stainless steel become "not steel", some is even tool steel , like D2 which has a high chromium content

the frame is set up for brakes, that alone makes the frame worth 50 to 100, but to replace all the rusted to hell parts gets expensive , unless you find a parts donor bike, around here you could buy a three-speed Corvette for 200 in decent shape, a single speed for speed cantilever Schwinn for...

And if you bought that piece of sheetmetal off an EBAY auction, you have the pleasure of knowing you payed more than anyone else in the world was willing to pay at the time

Sturmy archer coaster brake is the cat's a**, likely add by owner, last of the American made Columbia bikes, built in the basement, dosen't bother me that mine was built in the late 80s or early 90s , 30 year old late model American with good paint & decent chrome doesn't equal repop in my...

Oh so your using NEW MATH on that $25 bike, I need to take deciphiern and itna lessons , so my wife won't think I spend so much on bikes. :)

You must live in barn find heaven, I made a 5 hour round trip and paid $100 for a CWC , that's not as nice as your yard art, your's has a springer :)

Needs a basket for the bagpipes, something about skirtguards on a boys bike that looks Scottish

Nice bike , I did the board track racer,upside down handlebar thing in 1965 when I was about 6 yrs old ,cause I thought it looked cool,that lasted about ten minutes,until I rode my bike , latter I went to apes, Do all your 25 dollar scrap heap bikes come with $80 worth of tires?

at least a pair of $2 rat traps will grip your shoes, custom is in the eye of the beholder I like these custom beach bike comfort pedals , with the green side down

$4500 is a boatload of money for a pepperbox

Supply & demand, when you get two people fighting over something it gets crazy

Wow , stuff doesn't sell in Detroit either, I think I would part it out on flea bay, before I sold it for $150, that leather seat routinely goes for $75 & up, the springier will bring $150, rat rodders love the frame & tank, you got $700 worth of parts there

15 bucks ebay http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&toolid=10001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=253807036032

I like those apes :)

Why don't you just sell it as is and get the one you need ,let who ever buys it worry about restoring it,it didn't crash in value just because you bought it, like the stuff I buy , or with the price of tanks you could just buy a bike to fit it :)

Just when ya think you have it made , because you find a parts bike for $20, you get the bike home and start to think "it's a 52 and too cute sitting next to the other one", you know you have problems :)

It would be nice to see a 58 catalog, the 57 lists the 20" spitfire, but doesn't show it and the first year I find the Tornado listed is 59 and they had this frame, the spitfire used the same paint scheme on some years , like this 51

That's what I thought , but it looks like spitfires went to a straight lower bar in 56 & cantilever frame in 57, can't find the bike in the 57 or 59 catalog, but the 52 j 40 is a ringer for it, but then there's the 6 digit serial number

Some people call them Dxs some people call them Spitfire, mine has 20x1 3/4 Must be s7 instead of s2s like this one https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/1955-schwinn-dx-20-inch-original-paint.56737/

Just picked up a Schwinn 20 inch that looks like a 16, either a 52 or a 58 depending on which site I check, I'm thinking a 1952 20-inch model No. J-40. might make a Rat Rod Run-a-Bout out of it , until my grandson that's coming in a couple months is big enough for it :)

Nice Bike, there's something truly special about 26" Fastbacks, best riding 5 speed I've ever had , didn't think the bananna seat would be comfortable, (got me shopping for a 20" stingray) ,if schwinn would have made them, they would have likely out sold the Varsity, riding with drop bars is bad...

45 to 50lb low pressure balloon tire single speed bikes might look good , but they only ride good down hill over bumps, they do excel in the effort per MPH world for exercise purposes, but they rode like crap in the sixties , that's why they got kicked to the curb in favor of the middle weights...

What exactly is great patina? Not trying to be a smart alec , but I keep hearing how people love original paint, original paint doesn't come with scratches, chips or rust, to me if it's got scratches, chips, or rust it's modified buy neglect or abuse, I just don't understand the added value of...

Nice bike , but that prewar seat looks out of place, you should send it to me and I'll send you a nice stretch vinyl 60s Messinger, I had on this Schwinn, it's waterproof and easier to care for than leather ,you'll be much happier :)

you might want to take a second look at the hinge at the top of the seat tube

gears are nice when your trying to ride the fat girl up a grade, question is is it imported

I wouldn't be so quick to bring someones credibility into question, the bike may have been in the garage for a few years , they may have taken the wheels off to air them up at he gas station and forgot to put the chain on the ring, not everyone has an air pump, saw someone on a bicycle airing...