hungariantwins
On Training Wheels
hi to everyone on this site
i am impressed by your knowledge of schwinns, your passion, and your willingness to help others. ty in advance for any info on my questions!
my wife's two sons inherited schwinns from their paternal grandparents, who recently passed away. i am retired, and have time to do some research to see if i can get the boys some rent money, as they start out on their own in life. no one in the family seems to know much about them, except that my wife remembers that the grandparents had these 'twins' for quite awhile before her sons were born - guessing that they were at least 40 years old. both of the schwinns, after minor wipe downs, would probably be classified close to 'like new' condition - in really great shape in my inexperienced eyes
i was scratching my head trying to find any details as to how old they are, as all of the pictures i saw on the internet did not have a match for the 'branding' that appeared on the chain guards - these bikes say 'cruiser 6', not 'cruiser six', or 'scwinn cruiser 6'
thanks to people on this site, i think i have actually found the origin and years of the twins. they were made in hungary. how do i know this? there is a label on the shaft saying 'made in hungary' - haha.
someone here posted the schwinn 1981 manufacturers code of production dates - for the life of me, i cannot find that forum post today
but i think i recall the code
the ladies bike (purple) starts with HD, and the mens bike (black) starts with HM, so it appears that they were both produced in july - the ladies bike in 1968, the mens in 1977
i think i have that correctly?
anyways, i now cannot find anything in regards to the values of these
bicycle blue book does not seem to be of any help
can someone please give me a ballpark value, so that i can begin to figure out what to sell them for?
i would like to see them in the hands of a schwinn collector who would appreciate their age and condition
they are in michigan, fyi
ty in advance for your advice!
don
i am impressed by your knowledge of schwinns, your passion, and your willingness to help others. ty in advance for any info on my questions!
my wife's two sons inherited schwinns from their paternal grandparents, who recently passed away. i am retired, and have time to do some research to see if i can get the boys some rent money, as they start out on their own in life. no one in the family seems to know much about them, except that my wife remembers that the grandparents had these 'twins' for quite awhile before her sons were born - guessing that they were at least 40 years old. both of the schwinns, after minor wipe downs, would probably be classified close to 'like new' condition - in really great shape in my inexperienced eyes
i was scratching my head trying to find any details as to how old they are, as all of the pictures i saw on the internet did not have a match for the 'branding' that appeared on the chain guards - these bikes say 'cruiser 6', not 'cruiser six', or 'scwinn cruiser 6'
thanks to people on this site, i think i have actually found the origin and years of the twins. they were made in hungary. how do i know this? there is a label on the shaft saying 'made in hungary' - haha.
someone here posted the schwinn 1981 manufacturers code of production dates - for the life of me, i cannot find that forum post today
but i think i recall the code
the ladies bike (purple) starts with HD, and the mens bike (black) starts with HM, so it appears that they were both produced in july - the ladies bike in 1968, the mens in 1977
i think i have that correctly?
anyways, i now cannot find anything in regards to the values of these
bicycle blue book does not seem to be of any help
can someone please give me a ballpark value, so that i can begin to figure out what to sell them for?
i would like to see them in the hands of a schwinn collector who would appreciate their age and condition
they are in michigan, fyi
ty in advance for your advice!
don