Were Phantoms ever skip tooth?

[hoss]

I have a '52 Phantom that came with a sweetheart skiptooth sprocket. Is this correct?

Did Phantoms ever come with a skiptooth sprocket?
If so did they ever come with the sweetheart sprocket or always the phantom-style sprocket?
If not, how many teeth is the rear cog? (I'll need to buy one)
If not, how long of a chain do I need to get? (What would be correct?)

Thanks!

 

[Coaster Brake]

My '51 phantom has a skiptooth sweetheart sprocket.

 

[jpromo]

I didn't think they ever did. The Panther could have come in 1" early on but I've never seen a catalog image with a 1" Phantom, or even suggesting that they offered it. Though, there always seem to be exceptions with bicycles.

 

[dxmadman]

On my b6's ones skip tooth sweet heart and ones the 1/2 inch schwinn script "Phantom style"
I've seen an add for the 49 phantom with sweet heart, also a panther add with 1/2 inch sprocket , those was hand drawn adds and not actual pics so it could have been an artists rendition. Every panther I've seen had a sweetheart. Dx

 

[petritl]

My dad told me about the new Black Phantom he got in 1951 when his family moved to TX for a short time in search for employment, when he seen my original 1952 he remarked it looked very similar except he had a skip tooth chain on his.

 

[Freqman1]

I'd like to see a pic of the bike. I could be wrong but I don't believe the Phantom ever came with a skiptooth. Memories sometimes aren't as good as we like to think and they may have had a Panther and not a Phantom. V/r Shawn

 

[spoker]

phantom skip

normally they didn't come with skip tooth although for whatever reason some may have them,if its a resale issue in the bicycle world there are some things that are considerd corret,so selling a phantom with a skip tooth would be e difficult,there isn't a lot of documented info on how the bikes came so general consensus prevails

 

[cyberpaull]

no never.

No Phantoms never came with a skiptooth. To have one on a phantom is a abomination. I have one of the first year Phantoms a 1950 Green Phantom with a 1949 frame date.

 

[Larmo63]

What about B-6's? I've seen the venerable Schwinn B-6 both ways. Did it

depend on the vendor?

 

[2jakes]

Phantoms

What about B-6's? I've seen the venerable Schwinn B-6 both ways. Did it

depend on the vendor?

Schwinn dealers were the local hardwares,drugstores or auto shops. There was never a
Schwinn store back then when the phantoms were sold. There was not much consistency
so it may very well be that some phantoms were equipped with the skip-tooth .
Also I have seen several original phantoms from different years & the pin-striping on the
frames vary.

Zaz Von Schwinn