tacochris
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Ok so this is eating at my soul and I have been pouring over the net and thecabe and still cant find a solid answer:
Did a full garage rearranging over the weekend and had all my bikes lined up and noticed the front tank differences in these 3 phantoms. I have poured over thecabe in all of the schwinn threads, phantom threads etc etc and its never touched on or mentioned as to why this is like it is.
The bike on the far left is an early 55 model red phantom (bolt behind the fork leg), the bike in the middle is an early 54 model and the one to the far right is a 51 model. All tanks are originals not repros and original to the bikes themselves.
The 54 and 51 both have rounded lower front corners but the late 54 (55) has a sharper more flat front profile.
Here is the kicker, I assumed it was a 54/55 switch up in tank design when they also moved to the clover sprocket, but I have poured over 100's of pictures from late 40's tankers, B6's, phantoms etc and I have seen both tank profiles in all spectrum of years so now I dont know what to believe. I have seen the flat profile in pre 52's, the rounded profile in post 52's and vice versa. haha
Anyone?
Did a full garage rearranging over the weekend and had all my bikes lined up and noticed the front tank differences in these 3 phantoms. I have poured over thecabe in all of the schwinn threads, phantom threads etc etc and its never touched on or mentioned as to why this is like it is.
The bike on the far left is an early 55 model red phantom (bolt behind the fork leg), the bike in the middle is an early 54 model and the one to the far right is a 51 model. All tanks are originals not repros and original to the bikes themselves.
The 54 and 51 both have rounded lower front corners but the late 54 (55) has a sharper more flat front profile.
Here is the kicker, I assumed it was a 54/55 switch up in tank design when they also moved to the clover sprocket, but I have poured over 100's of pictures from late 40's tankers, B6's, phantoms etc and I have seen both tank profiles in all spectrum of years so now I dont know what to believe. I have seen the flat profile in pre 52's, the rounded profile in post 52's and vice versa. haha
Anyone?