Help with ID some shop basement finds

[Jim Barnard]

I spent Saturday in an old schwinn shop that is closing. It has been around forever. I bought a LOT of items for myself that I could ID, I bought a LOT of items to sell to help pay the bill and I bought some items I know very little about, but in hopes that the items have worth or that I can use them in the future.

Perhaps someone knows a little about these:

A) Gray rubber sliks. Fits Schwinn.
Guess: Wheel chair tires?

B) Hub
It is laced to a pinstriped white ballooner rim

C) Ladies Tank
Very heavy duty

D) Chrome cover
Guess is shop florescent fixture cap.

E) Gray solid rubber tire w/ no markings 24"?
Guess is wheel chair

F) Light reflector
Guess is moped?

G) Adhesive backed asbestos (?) bezels.
I thought they were old patch kits. NOT
Guess ?

Sure I may have grabbed some garbage. But I cant toss anything until I am reasonable sure it is not a rare old part. I pulled the solid rubber tire out of the garbage can... because it might be a TOC child's penny farthing tire or something like that.

Thanks for looking,

Jim

 

[bike]

lady's tank is from a pre war huffman product

 

[Jim Barnard]

lady's tank is from a pre war huffman product

Thanks you!

Jim

 

[Dave Stromberger]

Ladies tank may be valuable enough these days to not use it as a battery tray/horn donor, but that's what I did with the last one I had.... that was a good 10 years ago though.

 

[John G04]

You picked an old schwinn shop and will be selling some of the stuff you’ve found? I’ll will be keeping a close eye on the for sale section!

 

[Jim Barnard]

You picked an old schwinn shop and will be selling some of the stuff you’ve found? I’ll will be keeping a close eye on the for sale section!

Yes Sir!

A lot to learn before I can even price the stuff. I have already pulled 1/2 the pile for myself and if I am good, the balance will cover the cash outlay. I had been in the basement 20 times in the past and was still surprised to unearth things I had not seen before.

Jim

 

[Rivnut]

Doesn't the bottom tire in the first picture read "fits Schwinn S5 or S6"? Its upside down but legible. Now what did Schwinn S5 or S6 rims come on?

 

[Dave Stromberger]

Doesn't the bottom tire in the first picture read "fits Schwinn S5 or S6"? Its upside down but legible. Now what did Schwinn S5 or S6 rims come on?

Collegiate, Traveler, etc.

 

[Jim Barnard]

Doesn't the bottom tire in the first picture read "fits Schwinn S5 or S6"? Its upside down but legible. Now what did Schwinn S5 or S6 rims come on?

Yep

24 x 1 1/4.

So 24" lightweight.

They must have made some. Why did this bike shop have 20 Pair?

 

[RaleighRich]

G) Adhesive backed asbestos (?) bezels.
I thought they were old patch kits. NOT
Guess ?

Those look like the old hot patches -- clamp them patch side down on tire or tube, and then light the material that looks like asbestos -- lots of smoke, but they worked well.