Goofy Schwinn builds and parts in ads or old photos or real life

[SJ_BIKER]

Closer inspection...
The head tube has box pins around badge
Missing chrome yolk
Has deluxe stem and not double duty
Slight bends at lower end of the fork
It's a 1939 Autocycle per catalog

 

[SJ_BIKER]

This is a new trend to me. Just wondering if anyone knows if this is rideable?
Not a schwinn but there's a similar one above.

 

[WillWork4Parts]

This is a new trend to me. Just wondering if anyone knows if this is rideable?
Not a schwinn but there's a similar one above.

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It can be ridden if you take exactly one baby crank! Lol Taking a full crank would definitely scrape the pedals/crank on the ground. The steering is a bit off putting on these (factory)bent forks, it takes a bit of getting used to. With everything flipped over like this, it behaves the same in concept of steering, but the yoke needs to be flipped over against the collar in order to work as suspension...it's just that much lower this way I suppose.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

1941 fork, 1938 rear fender, on a frame with hanging tank? Silveray a wee bit slanted...looks like postwar neck

 

[SJ_BIKER]

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[SJ_BIKER]

Chainguard is

Stingray/hornet variety---

 

[Deville.bicycles.montreal]

Chainguard is

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Must be custom, I’ve never seen anything like that.

 

[WillWork4Parts]

I've been thinking about doing something like that, just because the 26" guards are so abundant and the 20" Deluxe ballooner guard is so hard to find...minus the waste of a reverse screen dart guard of course.

 

[SJ_BIKER]

 

[tacochris]

Chainguard is

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This is actually a custom guard built by member and local friend @wheeliekool66. Its a 24” phantom front and a stingray back joined. Kind of a weird experiment that was bred from the rear of the phantom guard being crusty.