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Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Your bike is a little later. The first Speedsters were middleweights with cantilever frames, then in 1965 they became a lightweight with a "camelback" frame (a curved top bar for shorter riders). In the early '70's, the "Racer" name was dropped in favor of "Speedster" and the "camelback" frame became available as the smallest frame size on most of the lightweights. If memory serves, the 26" and 27" wheel bikes used a 17" frame, but yours looks like the smaller version (used with 24 inch wheels) that somebody has made into a Sting-Ray lookalike. The lightweights are the most common Chicago-built Schwinns but yours looks like it's in good shape, so it's greatest value is probably just as a fun bike to ride.
The exception is if that seat is a genuine Sting-Ray item, it may be worth some money by itself. But I don't know enough about Sting-Rays to help with that.
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