Hi, folks. Have to ask you to excuse my ignorance because I’m a Honda guy who hasn’t ridden anything with pedals since 1972, but I’m hoping someone can give me some info on a nice Schwinn I picked up a year ago. Found this cool Le Tour II at the swap meet one Sunday and thought it was a nice-looking 10 speed. Had no idea of its age or value, but the guy selling it was asking $55 so I stood there, looking it over for 10 minutes, thinking about it, and finally pulled the trigger, figuring a dealer friend who I knew liked bikes might want it, and if not maybe I could get my money out of it from someone else. (The fact a line of people behind me were salivating didn’t hurt either.)
Anyway, got it home, tried researching it and a serial number trace revealed it to be a Schwinn from 1977, when I was a couple years out of High School, having WAY too much fun, and being as that brought back a lot of memories of my misspent youth, I decided to keep it for nostalgia.
It’s kind of buried right now, but I think I recall this one was made in Japan, and I did not see this particular butterscotch-like color listed as an option. Can anyone tell me what color this bike is, or any details about it? I suspect the seat is not original, and I know the Wheaties water bottle is too new. I’d like to replace any missing/wrong parts to bring it back to original condition, and being I’m about to retire, when I get a new place, this will be going up on the wall to decorate my new digs.
Any info along those lines to help me will be appreciated!
Anyway, got it home, tried researching it and a serial number trace revealed it to be a Schwinn from 1977, when I was a couple years out of High School, having WAY too much fun, and being as that brought back a lot of memories of my misspent youth, I decided to keep it for nostalgia.
It’s kind of buried right now, but I think I recall this one was made in Japan, and I did not see this particular butterscotch-like color listed as an option. Can anyone tell me what color this bike is, or any details about it? I suspect the seat is not original, and I know the Wheaties water bottle is too new. I’d like to replace any missing/wrong parts to bring it back to original condition, and being I’m about to retire, when I get a new place, this will be going up on the wall to decorate my new digs.
Any info along those lines to help me will be appreciated!