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I have stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal and I want to know what tool the bicycle manufactures use to hem the edge all around a bicycle fender.

Odd name.

Puts kreika

I’m Johnny Strabler and I have the trophy!

GTs58: I have looked at some component serial/date numbers on my Cruiser 5. Your comment and knowledge is insightful about these Klunker’s, Spitfire 5, and Cruiser 5’s. By the way I am looking at a Spitfire 5 selling for $500.00. Is this a reasonable price in the current buyer-seller market...

Correction on head tube letter it is BR

The handle bars are dated 7836-8 . I did not lift the goose neck yet. The front cantilever brake left side rear is numbered counter clockwise 1234567 year ‘79 centered letters looks like OND at top. The badge is 10/78, handle bars ‘78, front wheel ‘79, frame BV...... 02/‘80 spanning three years...

GTs58: The front hub year date is 79. I will look the Cruiser over for other date stamps. Where should I look for known serial numbers without disassembling the bike. I remember seeing a date stamp of 1968 on a 20 inch Schwinn crank before it was stolen. I am curious about the square brake/...

Well now then there. The controversy may be resolved by a Schwinn factory employee who could explain the descrepancy of the badge number 2988 on a February 1980 frame serial number. Approximately one year time lapse. Is this a fluke occurrence? The Cruiser 5 is original unmolested bike. If...

Black Cruiser 5 February 1980.

I have a black Cruiser 5 also. Serial number build February 1980. It is original condition except for the from tire. Photographs are posted on my Blue Klunker 5.

What did the mint blue Spitfire 5 sell for in 2010? Do you collect Schwinn Klunker 5’s, Spitfire 5’s, and Cruiser 5’s? I have a penchant for the above in red.

What is the price range for Schwinn Spitfire 5’s, Cruiser 5’s, and Klunker 5’s. The most desired colors? Circa 1978 through 1980.

I have one too. See mine. I am blue Klunker 5. All of the naysayers did not believe Klunker 5 was in the blue color scheme that they came in black and red. What is your badge number and serial letter/number?

From Blue Klunker 5: Here is my Schwinn Cruiser 5. All original built in February 1980.

It is a Frankenstein.

I have the photographs shown. Tires and tubes are as original although deflated. Have any information on ratio of black, red an blue produced?

Photos posted.

The following photographs of my blue Klunker 5 purchased from Aviation Cyclery in Manhattan beach, California 1978. The Klunker is in original condition. Everything is unchanged except the handlebar mirrior and the added speedometer. I raced this bicycle downhill from Griffith Park Observatory...

I may photograph and attach chain guard for the experts viewing, but unlikely anything else. Have to protect the blue Klunker 5.

My Blue Klunker 5 is the real McCoy of Schwinn Klunker 5’s.

Yes. Corrected. Hermosa Beach, CA.

My blue klunker 5 has the painted klunker 5 on the chain guard and bought from aviation cycle Huntington Beach in 1978.

Who knows the facts about the production numbers of the Schwinn Klunker 5. The first month produced in 1978 and what the six number serial number represents following the two letters. How many were produced in the color schemes? Please reply if you have the information other than the information...