rennfaron
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Hello everyone, Chuck here. I recently joined and this is my first official post other than buying some grips off here and and picking through thecabe for a bunch of great information. I typically go for lightweights like travelers (bought one from Cory - Schwinn499 - recently). On a recent purchase the seller was looking to part with another bike, it looked interesting so, well, it's mine. I don't know much about it. As far as "world imperials" go, there is really nothing out there on them, if this is actually one. I saw some parts of one (maybe on here), and also read somewhere that it was a regional offering (maybe saw that on here too...).
I plugged in the serial (J82175) located on bottom of crank and it said 1953. So questions are: 1) what is this? 2) What is period correct, what is not? 3) And what do I need to return this back to period correct with all the bells / whistles? For starts, those grips definitely don't look correct. It also looks like I need one of those expensive green "the world" head badges too. It could also be that this is not worth doing anything too...no idea.
I plugged in the serial (J82175) located on bottom of crank and it said 1953. So questions are: 1) what is this? 2) What is period correct, what is not? 3) And what do I need to return this back to period correct with all the bells / whistles? For starts, those grips definitely don't look correct. It also looks like I need one of those expensive green "the world" head badges too. It could also be that this is not worth doing anything too...no idea.