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1956 20” SCHWINN AMERICAN U74725 help right now..

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Finally riding a big boys bike
Have more questions than answers! Picked this up at a yard sale. Trying to figure out what is right or changed.
The catalogs have it listed with no pictures. Does anyone have info on this?? pics of theirs?

A couple of my questions….Look at the seat and sissy bar..Laid back but not square off as the Stingrays in early years.
Is this a banana seat bicycle or was it added later?? not marked.
I stuck a later goose neck in it for these pics. The old wedge is still in there so kept it from going down. Will fix that first and the blown out tube.
Super wide handle bars..full knurl with no dates, again later add ones??
They said ALL original but don’t put much faith into the sellers.
condition is fair but seen what people can do to restore a bike!!
Have to hide it from the wife until the right time to say it.

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Have more questions than answers! Picked this up at a yard sale. Trying to figure out what is right or changed.
The catalogs have it listed with no pictures. Does anyone have info on this?? pics of theirs?

A couple of my questions….Look at the seat and sissy bar..Laid back but not square off as the Stingrays in early years.
Is this a banana seat bicycle or was it added later?? not marked.
I stuck a later goose neck in it for these pics. The old wedge is still in there so kept it from going down. Will fix that first and the blown out tube.
Super wide handle bars..full knurl with no dates, again later add ones??
They said ALL original but don’t put much faith into the sellers.
condition is fair but seen what people can do to restore a bike!!
Have to hide it from the wife until the right time to say it.

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First time I seen one of those that's sweet [emoji106]

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Have more questions than answers! Picked this up at a yard sale. Trying to figure out what is right or changed.
The catalogs have it listed with no pictures. Does anyone have info on this?? pics of theirs?

A couple of my questions….Look at the seat and sissy bar..Laid back but not square off as the Stingrays in early years.
Is this a banana seat bicycle or was it added later?? not marked.
I stuck a later goose neck in it for these pics. The old wedge is still in there so kept it from going down. Will fix that first and the blown out tube.
Super wide handle bars..full knurl with no dates, again later add ones??
They said ALL original but don’t put much faith into the sellers.
condition is fair but seen what people can do to restore a bike!!
Have to hide it from the wife until the right time to say it.

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Where is the serial number stamp?

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I know the stem is incorrect. I bought it without one and just installed it for the pics. Going to dig the wedge out Sunday. Or at least try. Hopeing others have pics on the right stem and the seat. May not go that route but at least give me more stuff to look for!
 
Chain ring is wrong too, should be a Schwinn clover leaf. Finley's catalog reference show a 1956 24" American, model F24. The 26" is pictured but the 24" is referenced.
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Chain ring is wrong too, should be a Schwinn clover leaf. Finley's catalog reference show a 1956 24" American, model F24. The 26" is pictured but the 24" is referenced.
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My bad. Don't know what I read but whatever is was it was wrong. In this post I referenced a 24" bike not the 20" bike pictured. As stated later, the chain ring is correct fo a 20" bike. The model number for a 20" bike is F34c. Sorry. Next time I'll make sure that I'm awake before responding. Sorry
 
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