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bobcycles

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Yeah yeah...the 57 Chevys of the bike world. Truth of the matter is ...yes they made the Phantom series for 10 years
straight...so a lot of product out there. However due to the aftermarket parts market... the ability to build these and saturate
the collector panoply is infinite, so who really knows how many of these bikes are out there with aftermarket parts.
Here is a Phantom restoration I recently completed for the 1st year of production 1949. For every 1000 restored Phantoms
out there in the world... I would guess there are maybe only 1 or 2 built to a degree of accuracy where you can once again
respect the product that Schwinn cranked out long ago, everything you see on this bike is factory OEM stuff
aside from the battery tray, brake cable and tubes.
Sorry No before pix, but just picture a housepainted 1949 F serial frame, some super straight sheet metal and
excellent S-2 wheels, increasingly rare NOS USA Typhoon tires, 1st year ruby lens taillight, a good plater,
single stage acrylic enamel paint and a couple of days of assembly.
And Yes there is still a market for these bikes and I probably
undersold this one based on the difficulty and expense
of finding parts, and doing the dirty work of making
something shiny out of a pile of accumulated parts.
Now residing in a new sunny So Cal destination
Enjoy!

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Beautiful bike Bob. At the risk of reopening the debate as to whether the Phantom was actually introduced as a 1949 model aside I thought the early bikes didn't have a decal on the guard. Here is an ad I have in a Spring 1950 Chicago Supply Catalog. A few interesting things here: first no decal on guard, second Mesinger post war B1, lastly tires are US Royal Master. Thoughts? V/r Shawn

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Beautiful bike Bob. At the risk of reopening the debate as to whether the Phantom was actually introduced as a 1949 model aside I thought the early bikes didn't have a decal on the guard. Here is an ad I have in a Spring 1950 Chicago Supply Catalog. A few interesting things here: first no decal on guard, second Mesinger post war B1, lastly tires are US Royal Master. Thoughts? V/r Shawn

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My Dad, Uncle, Grandma and dog Frisky and his 1950 Red Phantom.
He restored this 1950 Red Phantom back in the early 80's. (Not his original) Although his original did have a brown leather Mesinger and did not come with a front brake.

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The guy that owns a bike shop by me was sitting on 16 Phantoms a couple years ago, said they bring half of what they did ten years ago, that was two years ago, said they used to bring 3 grand and were down to 1200 and he was holding, seems like the only ones getting their money back out of anything are the parts guys and that's sad.
 
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