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One last try...I might bring it to put in the for sale corral at Monroe.

My October '56 Corvette has the two-tone seat, as well.

I still have this bike - I'll be attending the Monroe swap meet next month and can deliver it there if anybody is interested.

I didn't mean to imply that he should tear the hub apart before trying an adjustment, although it's never a bad idea to take a hub apart to clean and grease it if its last service was likely when Bendix assembled it. Just sharing my experience with mine in case he DID have to take it apart.

I found this on here when I was getting my Corvette going; I ended up replacing a part or two (MS-2 and MS-36 on the chart) in mine, but adjustment was fairly easy once everything was tip top. If you do have to disassemble yours, be careful when reassembling it; it's easy to walk the planet...

I bought a red '77 Sting-Ray almost 10 years ago, and its head badge date stamp is nine days after I was born, which I always thought was really cool. The original owner sold it to me, so I have the owner's guide for it, too.

I love the color! If I can find a Suburban or Collegiate or something in that color, that will probably be my next bike purchase.

Sorry, sold it this summer on Craigslist.

As far as I know, yes. Here's my tall '73 Speedster.

Wow, I'm out of the loop! I love riding '60s and early '70s Racers and Speedsters, both single-speeds and three-speeds, but I've certainly paid too much for a couple of them after reading this thread. No wonder I got few bites for my '71 at $130!

I agree with the above statement. I have a '56 (or maybe '57) Corvette with a manually shifted two-speed and a '67 Typhoon with a kickback, and I much prefer the "manual." I had to replace a couple internal parts, but it works wonderfully.

I accidentally posted this on an old thread earlier in the week, but I picked up a '63 Riviera last weekend (or rather, it was dropped off by a trailer). It's Fawn Mist, an interesting color, and it needs a lot of TLC, but it's one of my favorite cars, and I'm pretty excited.

It was in the 70s in Michigan today, so I took a couple rides on the Raleigh.

https://waterfordbikes.com/SchwinnCat/flschwinn_1951_1960/1956.html You guys are much more knowledgeable about the details of these things, but my October '56 Corvette has a 2-speed Bendix, and it apparently could have been ordered as an accessory. I don't know if the dealer would have...

I think I'll bump this one more time and give up for a while. I'm having no luck selling this thing here or locally, and I don't really want to let it go for less.

Thanks to you both...I figured I'd have an easier time selling it (even locally - it's on Marketplace and Craigslist). It's not a hurry...just making room for more bikes. :)

I'm looking to sell my '71 Racer; I have a '69 in Campus Green with a taller frame that fits me better. This is a nice (not perfect) original bike with a Sturmey-Archer. When I bought it about 10 years ago, I greased everything (not the hub - Sturmeys seem to last forever) and installed new...

Nothing like a Bicentennial Sting-Ray to celebrate the 4th!

I just had one of these apart and had to replace the drive screw and sun gear. If you have any questions, let me know and maybe I can help.

Nice bike! I have a yellow '73 with a tall frame, too, but mine's just got the coaster brake hub.

I totally disassembled the Corvette for cleaning and greasing, and I took it out for a good 12-mile ride today, and it's working great. The only mechanical problem was a roached drive screw in the hub (and an incorrect bearing that seemed to keep it from shifting initially). High gear on these...

I feel like I'm oversharing (it's on the Schwinn subforum AND the Craigslist subforum), but this is my new-to-me '57 Corvette. I can't wait to blow it apart and get everything cleaned up and working as it should. It has a Bendix two-speed (non-kickback).

Thanks for posting it! I'm pretty excited about it; I've never owned a Corvette. I have a Corvair, but it's not quite the same. :)

Someone posted this bike from the Detroit area Craigslist here on the CABE about a week ago, and I went to pick it up today. It looks pretty good - I think it will clean up well. It has a manual Bendix 2-speed that will need some work; one of the gears is freewheeling/trying to find a gear...

I picked this one up today; it's in really decent shape and I think it will clean up well. It has a 2-speed manual Bendix and one of the gears is just freewheeling/trying to hit a gear, and it's not the adjustment, so I'll be learning to disassemble this particular hub. Here are a bunch of...

What a fortunate find! Clean it up, grease the bearings, and replace the tires - and then keep it or sell it! Anything anyone puts on the street around here isn't worth picking up...your lucky day!

Several years ago, I found this '77 Exerciser on the curb a few blocks from my house, so I carried it home on my back and have done nothing with it since. Now that my wife and I are in our 40s and it's freezing outside, I decided to disassemble it, grease the bearings and get it working again...

Thanks for the information, Tyson. How much would this bike be realistically worth? Do you know what its original color might be?

Like most antique stores (I assume), there are items on the floor that have been sitting there so long that the price tags have faded. :) On the plus side, based on Kansan's image, it looks like the bike has most of its original parts, which I didn't really expect.

Hi everyone, I saw this National bicycle at the local antique store in my hometown of Bay City, MI (where Nationals were made). I know very little about them, but I've always been intrigued by them since I like bikes and they were built here. They're asking $1500 for it, which seems like...

I've always wondered who invented that hub - now I know! Those two must have been geniuses.

You are on a streak! I'm a little envious... :)

It's a family affair with me! My newest bike (aside from an old mountain bike I never ride) is a '77 Sting-Ray. Most of my stuff is 1966-1973, and I ride every day when it's decent out (not so much in the winter). My 70-year-old mom rides an early '70s Columbia with me almost daily during the...

Thanks guys...I kind of figured that's how it was going to be. Love the bike, hate the rattle. I'll try the zip-tie and see if it helps.

Wow, I love that color! Great looking bikes...

My '72 Raleigh has a rattle in the back that I've narrowed down to the rear fender attachment. It's the little clip that goes over the frame at the lower front of the back fender. Has anyone experienced this and, if so, done something to fix it?

I bought this Collegiate pretty early on in my vintage bike buying days, and it made me realize that I prefer single-speeds and three-speeds over anything with a derailleur (don't know why!). I sold it for about what I had into it, or perhaps a little less. That's about par for the course for...

It's just like my old car collection - I love to do both! One leads to the other, repeat... :)

I had this question years ago when relacing a Bendix 2-speed from a Schwinn Heavy-Duti into a standard rim, so I called Memory Lane in Ohio and talked to one of the mechanics there. He recommended using washers. I went to the McMaster-Carr website and bought a couple of small bags of washers...

I bought this '73 Speedster a while back, and its frame is 24" (I think, I haven't measured since I bought it). I feel like it's got a tall frame!

It's sad, but next year's show will be that much better because we missed one!

A local hardware store recently closed, and it was in business for almost a century. They had a big sale, and I picked up a few old catalogs and a new lawnmower blade for a total of $4.00. I also bought a new toy '72 Camaro at the local Meijer. :)

Thanks for the heads up!

I decided to put it back together after all...I had most of the parts lying around, including a seat, a kickstand, and some really worn out pedals. I think I need to take a link out of the chain and line up the wheel a little better, but it rides pretty well. The wheels were really wobbly, but...

Body and paint work (and materials) cost so much that many people are starting to value patina on cars, too. I think it's easier to find bikes with decent, or at least usable, original paint than it is to find a decent original car. Where I live, salt destroyed most cars, and in milder...

I picked up this neat Chevelle wagon toy that was made in Israel at a swap meet last weekend, along with a few other things.

What kind of rear rack does your American have? I have one on my Heavy-Duti and I was trying to figure out if it was a Schwinn accessory or something else. Beautiful bike!

Here are a couple of my bikes with a couple of my cars...The bikes are a '69 Deluxe Racer and a Bicentennial Sting-Ray, and the cars are a '63 T-Bird and a '65 Corvair Monza.

I've torn apart a '69 Heavy-Duti I bought from a coworker for $20. It's not in super great shape, but it'll do for a beater - the fenders are smashed, the seat is broken and covered with some rock hard goop that somebody used for lube, the front wheel was peeling (although I was able to use...

Wow, I hope someone takes it over. It's the only bike event I attend all year, but I always look forward to it.