Very nice!
Your paint was about as cooked as mine was, not as many chips as mine had though.
Looks like you fixed it well.
A Dec 1968 with a 69 shifter and a front fender.
That’s why I only go by the SN anymore for the date of the bike. Parts really make no difference if everything is close.
Obviously a 1969 dated frame with 1971 parts is not original. But parts that are close to the timeframe of the build may be legit.
I just talked to a guy that had a Schwinn dealership in Chicago in the 60’s and 70’s.
His friend was an engineer at the Schwinn factory.
He said that he got to tour the factory many times and told me a lot about the factory and the assembly process.
At their peak, Schwinn was making over 3,000 frames per day. According to this guy, Schwinn never stored any frames. He did mention how the line might run out of the “correct” part. Instead of waiting for another part to be made/chromed the line would grab whatever parts were close to what was needed and install them on that bike.
Interesting that they had access to the 69 shifter at that time.