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Need a liitle help with this one is it a corvette or jaguar.

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rweaver

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Need a little help with a id on this one. I know the sprocket is wrong.
 

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Must be a Corvette. No top tube decal on a Jag, its decal is on the tank.
 
Little help here.

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Didn't some Jag's come without tanks? I ask because the one I have was identical to the blue one as far as the markings went.
Chucky
 
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All middleweight Jags came with a tank. Mark II's and Mark IV's with a full tank. Mark V's VI's a slimline. The only Jag without a tank was the Balloon Jag 54/55
 
Thank you Sir.

While I am not sure if Schwinn changed the corvette/American frame design but, Corvettes have a different rear fender mount on the frame to accommodate the rear brakes and the fork would also have a hole for the front brake. This bike has neither.
 
All middleweight Jags came with a tank. Mark II's and Mark IV's with a full tank. Mark V's VI's a slimline. The only Jag without a tank was the Balloon Jag 54/55

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This was my Uncle's bike, I inherited it after he passed. So I haven't a clue as to it's past, the serial number dates it as 1958. I just did the bike the way I got it. My current dilemma is whether to ride it or not, thus the lack of a chain.

Chucky
 
Conventional thinking suggests that those two bikes either got a replacement guard from a Jag, or one might have been repainted, and a top tube decal added. All the catalogs I've seen show the 57 and later Jags with tanks. An original paint frame should at least show some wear marks if it had a tank. Also, from the price lists, there was a base model with coadter brake offered for both the Jag and Vette most years. And a coaster bike may have the frame with the caliper mounts on the frame and fork. I've also seen og paint men's bikes with the ladies' chain guard, which has a brake cable keeper on it. So, it's a mix of what "should" be, and what actually happened at the factory!!!
 
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This was my Uncle's bike, I inherited it after he passed. So I haven't a clue as to it's past, the serial number dates it as 1958. I just did the bike the way I got it. My current dilemma is whether to ride it or not, thus the lack of a chain.

Chucky


What's the serial number? That could have a mid November or later 1958 serial number but it looks like and probably is a 19*59 model. The guard and decal on the seat mask are 59 issue. Mid November was the stopping point for the years production and any serial numbers recorded after that were on the next years models. No Jag with a tank had a top tube Schwinn decal.
 
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