Can anyone give me some information on a 1949 schwinn planes, trains and automobiles racer.

[RCaraballo63]

Serial # F011017 has a skip tooth sprocket and back rim is also skip tooth. I researched and could only find the badge, and I found a schwinn phantom body. I believe with a planes, trains and automobiles badge.

 

[bobcycles]

post some pics for us please... should be the ticket!

 

[RCaraballo63]

post some pics for us please... should be the ticket!

 

[RCaraballo63]

 

[RCaraballo63]

Will post a picture of the crank a little later didn't come with fenders

 

[Freqman1]

Bike is a '49 straightbar. Phantoms had cantilever frames. There is no way of really telling what model this started as because too much is missing. You can do a Google search for Schwinn catalogs (you won't find '49) and look at either the '48 or '50 cats to get an idea of how this frame could have been equipped. Of note this frame is referred to as a 'fat bar' frame due to the fact that the bar under the top bar is the same diameter (1") as the rest of the frame. starting about '50 this bar is a smaller diameter. V/r Shawn

 

[RCaraballo63]

Bike is a '49 straightbar. Phantoms had cantilever frames. There is no way of really telling what model this started as because too much is missing. You can do a Google search for Schwinn catalogs (you won't find '49) and look at either the '48 or '50 cats to get an idea of how this frame could have been equipped. Of note this frame is referred to as a 'fat bar' frame due to the fact that the bar under the top bar is the same diameter (1") as the rest of the frame. starting about '50 this bar is a smaller diameter. V/r Shawn

Thank you very much, one question though. Is it a planes, trains and automobiles straight bar bicycle then?

 

[Freqman1]

Thank you very much, one question though. Is it a planes, trains and automobiles straight bar bicycle then?

The badge has no relation to the model. There were hundreds of different badges that could be affixed to a Schwinn before they developed their own dealer network. V/r Shawn

If you want to learn more about this I suggest this book by one of our members https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/the-many-faces-of-schwinn-head-badge-books-for-sale.155348/

 

[RCaraballo63]

The badge has no relation to the model. There were hundreds of different badges that could be affixed to a Schwinn before they developed their own dealer network. V/r Shawn

Good to know thanks

 

[bobcycles]

Neat frame tho...that's what some call a "fat bar" and can be built up to be an uncommon postwar straight bar autocycle "B" model bike.
It's a start anyway