HARPO
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Here I go again...another bike I don't need, but I hate to pass up a bargain in my size.
I bought this from the original owner this morning off of Craigslist, where it was just listed as a "10 Speed Bike"...which is incorrect anyway as it's a 12 speed. The two photos were dark, but in the description it was listed as a Schwinn World Sport and I could make out the decals as being a 1986 or 1987 model. Although it looked like dark grey with all the dust on it and making it a 1986, the head badge number is 0067, so January 6th of 1987, making it one of the first 1987 models. And the color is Black, now that I cleaned a small area, which I believe was the only color offered that year.
Original owner, a very nice gentleman, told me it has been sitting in his dry basement for over 12 years unused, and it was time to part ways. The bike is 100% original, right down to the Schwinn dried out tires. He told me nothing had been changed since the original purchase and it wasn't ridden much in all those years, and I believe him. Even the decals are in beautiful condition, with the bike being just dirty as you can see. This will be a fun project!
Oh, and I paid a mere $40 to him for it. Shows that once in a while good deals can still be had.
BTW...if none of you have seen the blog "Johns Recycled Bicycles", you must check it out. Ironically, he did this exact same bike! And what a job he does.
http://johns-recycled-bicycle.blogspot.com/2015/10/1986-schwinn-world-sport-restoration.html
I thought I did nice work, but he puts me to shame. Check it out along with the other bikes he's done
I bought this from the original owner this morning off of Craigslist, where it was just listed as a "10 Speed Bike"...which is incorrect anyway as it's a 12 speed. The two photos were dark, but in the description it was listed as a Schwinn World Sport and I could make out the decals as being a 1986 or 1987 model. Although it looked like dark grey with all the dust on it and making it a 1986, the head badge number is 0067, so January 6th of 1987, making it one of the first 1987 models. And the color is Black, now that I cleaned a small area, which I believe was the only color offered that year.
Original owner, a very nice gentleman, told me it has been sitting in his dry basement for over 12 years unused, and it was time to part ways. The bike is 100% original, right down to the Schwinn dried out tires. He told me nothing had been changed since the original purchase and it wasn't ridden much in all those years, and I believe him. Even the decals are in beautiful condition, with the bike being just dirty as you can see. This will be a fun project!
Oh, and I paid a mere $40 to him for it. Shows that once in a while good deals can still be had.
BTW...if none of you have seen the blog "Johns Recycled Bicycles", you must check it out. Ironically, he did this exact same bike! And what a job he does.
http://johns-recycled-bicycle.blogspot.com/2015/10/1986-schwinn-world-sport-restoration.html
I thought I did nice work, but he puts me to shame. Check it out along with the other bikes he's done
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