1955 Girls Blue Schwinn Phantom

[rlhender]

I picked this one up today...It looks to be in great original condition, can someone whoe really knows tell me if the pedals and seat are correct? also is the blue a one year only bike?

Thanks Rick

 

[oskisan]

what pedals?

 

[skydog]

These are the pedals on my wife's 1955 Spitfire, but I got the bike when it was 40 yrs. old so I don't know if they are original or not.

 

[Freqman1]

Terrific score. The answer to all three questions is yes. If that's original paint its one of the nicest I've seen. If you decide to sell let me know--I've been hunting one of these. Thanks, Shawn

 

[militarymonark]

i vaguely remember some christmas bike being blue in 55, is this one of them?

 

[Freqman1]

We've actually covered this subject a couple of times here on the forum. Here's the short answer; the girls Phantom was only offered in '55 and was available in black, red, green, & blue. There was a real boys blue Phantom on Ebay a couple of years ago that went to an anonymous buyer in California. I contacted the seller a few times to try and get the contact info of the buyer to no avail. This is what some refer to as the Christmas bike. Rumors are that there was a run of 50 made because President Eisenhowers son (David?) wanted a blue Phantom. There may be some credence to this as the blue bike was found and sold out of Pennsylvania.