Schwinn Corvette

[Oilit]

1958 Schwinn Reporter:

"Sturmey-Archer SW hubs will not be available after 10/24/58. Models which used this hub will have Schwinn Approved hubs installed instead. The SW will be available again on 1/1/59."

The availability date must have been pushed to a much later date for some reason.

I believe Sturmey-Archer dropped the SW after 1958, so it sounds like there was a failure to communicate. I probably need to get Hadland's book, that might have some information.

 

[Oilit]

Could have been a bike shop replacement for a broken other hub. In the last 61 years who knows when it happened. Roger

If they replaced it with a Schwinn Approved Austrian hub, then it had to be in the late '50's or early '60's, I don't think they were available very long. It could have been used when it was swapped in, but I think that shifter is also Austrian, and pretty rare. The oval version seems to be more common.

 

[Kramai88]

Here’s a picture of the hub and shifter after some cleaning


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[GTs58]

Cool shifter! Can't say if I've ever seen one like that.

 

[Oilit]

Cool shifter! Can't say if I've ever seen one like that.

I've only seen one or two others, and only in pictures, and I'm not even certain it's Austrian, but if anybody knows the story, feel free to share!

 

[Kramai88]

Finished the service and clean up on the Corvette today.

Did end up removing the original seat


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[Rollo]

... Nice job! ... headlight cleaned up pretty good ...

 

[Sven]

Cleaned up very nicely. Great job.

 

[GTs58]

Was the crash bar on the original seat transplanted to that new seat?

 

[Kramai88]

Was the crash bar on the original seat transplanted to that new seat?

It was not. The one I had laying around had a crash bar


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