Hauled a few cobbled bikes today. Can't decide on what is worth keeping.

[Jim Barnard]

I am not a repaint guy. I tend to broom the repaints, the ladies bikes and the light weights no matter how cool they are. I have some research to do on what is correct and exactly what I have here. I am bummed that the frame on the Prewar is repainted to match the wrong tank... tank is late 50s I think. Does that fender have a hole for a fender bomb?

Some cool stuff from today:

 

[bricycle]

Keep the green one, but swap the racks

 

[Shawn Michael]

You have a hodgepodge for sure, but lots of good parts. I also agree with keeping the green one .

 

[Frank and Pam Skid Kings]

I thirds the green one.

 

[JLF]

Nice haul! The green one looks so cool.

 

[rustjunkie]

sell it all

 

[Jay81]

I hate to burst your bubble, but the one you think is prewar, is actually post war. (and so is the second one)

 

[Jim Barnard]

If Schwinncruisers.com is to be trusted the Panther is a 50 and the Red one is a 51. I cant seem to find catalog pics of a braced truss fork on a 51. I see them on the 48's.

Panther G269370

Red H066075

Jim

 

[Jim Barnard]

I have the dark green paint already. I can save the guard, fork and the frame paint as it is actually pretty good. I need to find out if the fenders get paint or chrome. The rack is an easy paint, but I think it is the 9 hole and not the older one (will keep searching). I need to find a source for the light green.

Man.

I promised myself I would NOT paint any more bikes. I wonder if I can find an original two tone green tank...

 

[Rivnut]

The red one has conflicting decals on the frame and tank. The frame decal looks like it has decals for a middleweight whereas the tank has balloon style decals. No way it's factory with 'Schwinn' on both the tank and the frame in two different colors.

In the era, a Panther would have had the springer fork, chrome rims, and chrome fenders, but it would also have chrome on the tank.