Help with Value Re:1979 Schwinn Spitfire 5

[silentda213gangster]

Pretty poor quality pic, but they do not look the same. One thing I can tell you for certain, is that they are not Schwinn Tube Forks.

Well they look like the very 1st pic you posted right down to the black rubber caps at the bottom.

 

[Xlobsterman]

Well they look like the very 1st pic you posted right down to the black rubber caps at the bottom.

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That first pic does seem to have some plastic plugs in the end of the tubes, and the drop outs look the same, but they are not stamped like in the other pics. So I guess there may be a few different versions that were produced by Akisu? Either way, the Akisu fork was a lesser quality that the Tange, or Schwinn Tube Fork during that era.

 

[silentda213gangster]

That first pic does seem to have some plastic plugs in the end of the tubes, and the drop outs look the same, but they are not stamped like in the other pics. So I guess there may be a few different versions that were produced by Akisu? Either way, the Akisu fork was a lesser quality that the Tange, or Schwinn Tube Fork during that era.

Yes, the forks i have are identical to the first pic. Also we cant be certain the forks you posted in 1st pic were stamped. The only ones you showed stamped were the ones with the welded tube ends.

 

[Xlobsterman]

Yes, the forks i have are identical to the first pic. Also we cant be certain the forks you posted in 1st pic were stamped. The only ones you showed stamped were the ones with the welded tube ends.

OK, and your point is?

 

[silentda213gangster]

That how do we know the fork in 1st pic was stamped. It just like mine could also not have been stamped or could be a knockoff all together meaning neither my fork or the fork in 1st pic is legitimate.

 

[J-wagon]

That how do we know the fork in 1st pic was stamped. It just like mine could also not have been stamped or could be a knockoff all together meaning neither my fork or the fork in 1st pic is legitimate.

Any stamping or decals on steerer tube?
@Danny the schwinn freak

 

[Xlobsterman]

That how do we know the fork in 1st pic was stamped. It just like mine could also not have been stamped or could be a knockoff all together meaning neither my fork or the fork in 1st pic is legitimate.

I don't think anyone would make a knock-off of a cheap low quality fork! But, that being said, there are quite a few manufactures making low quality tube forks like yours. Without any stamping, who is to know what company made them?

Tange, SE Racing, and Cook Bros. were the most popular when I was selling them back in the day.........

 

[GTs58]

I don't think anyone would make a knock-off of a cheap low quality fork! But, that being said, there are quite a few manufactures making low quality tube forks like yours. Without any stamping, who is to know what company made them?

Tange, SE Racing, and Cook Bros. were the most popular when I was selling them back in the day.........

Who made the forks for Schwinn?

 

[silentda213gangster]

Who made the forks for Schwinn?

Yes im also wondering the same thing?

 

[Xlobsterman]

Who made the forks for Schwinn?

That is a very good question that I do not have the answer to! It may be possible that they were made in house at the factory? But I would say they were most likely outsourced.