Schwinndemonium
Finally riding a big boys bike
"All the added bling"?
I really do not feel that I added anything to this bike. The only thing I added extra to it was the period correct aftermarket green and white cable wrap. Before I converted it, it was still a 1961 Mark IV 3 speed Jaguar tank bike. complete with front and rear racks, and Delta "Roadliter" ball headlight, as originally equipped from the factory. All I really did was swap out one gearing driveline for another, plus the custom decals made up as such. The seatmast tube decal was a modified 5 speed Corvette decal that I changed to read "Jaguar Mark IV" instead of "Corvette". The crossed flags graphics added to the chainguard below the word "Jaguar" is the exact graphic decal that was used on the 5 speed Corvette's chainguard. So basically the way I designed and built this bike, I was using what would have been the Schwinn design team's parameters, as to how this bike would have looked in order to be possibly marketed around 1962. Other than the stem mounted "S" shifter, and big chrome "pieplate" spoke protector, this bike would be period correct as a 1962 model Schwinn. If this bike would have been built, and marketed in 1962, it probably would have sold for ten dollars more than their 5 speed Corvette, at $89.95, a terribly expensive kids bicycle back in that day. The 5 speed Corvette was expensive enough.
Jim.
I really do not feel that I added anything to this bike. The only thing I added extra to it was the period correct aftermarket green and white cable wrap. Before I converted it, it was still a 1961 Mark IV 3 speed Jaguar tank bike. complete with front and rear racks, and Delta "Roadliter" ball headlight, as originally equipped from the factory. All I really did was swap out one gearing driveline for another, plus the custom decals made up as such. The seatmast tube decal was a modified 5 speed Corvette decal that I changed to read "Jaguar Mark IV" instead of "Corvette". The crossed flags graphics added to the chainguard below the word "Jaguar" is the exact graphic decal that was used on the 5 speed Corvette's chainguard. So basically the way I designed and built this bike, I was using what would have been the Schwinn design team's parameters, as to how this bike would have looked in order to be possibly marketed around 1962. Other than the stem mounted "S" shifter, and big chrome "pieplate" spoke protector, this bike would be period correct as a 1962 model Schwinn. If this bike would have been built, and marketed in 1962, it probably would have sold for ten dollars more than their 5 speed Corvette, at $89.95, a terribly expensive kids bicycle back in that day. The 5 speed Corvette was expensive enough.
Jim.