What year did the "S" seat start?

[GTs58]

During what years did Schwinn use the seat with the three rivets in each side? I have a decent rivet 3 seat except for the cover seems to hav shrunk between the bottom of the pan and the rivets. Any fix for that?

The 1958 crash rail Mesinger had three rivets but no S and it was the same seat as the 59 three rivet Mesinger with the S. That seat was used thru the 1961 production and the 1962 Mesinger showed up with the 2 rivets. But then the parts runner found a box of the three rivet seats in the back of the parts shed so every once in a while you'll see an early 1962 wearing a three rivet Mesinger.

No fix for shrunken vinyl as far as I know.

 

[Rusty Ol' Rogue]

Does someone have a couple of top and bottom photos of the 3 rivet seat that they could post?

 

[GTs58]

Does someone have a couple of top and bottom photos of the 3 rivet seat that they could post?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294799904195?campid=5335809022

There's a couple more on eBay if these don't show you what you're looking for.

 

[bloo]

Oh, but that's the fancy one with the guardrail and the double springs.

How does the cheaper single-spring "S" seat, as I suspect was found on cheaper models, fit into this rivets/year pattern?

 

[Rusty Ol' Rogue]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294799904195?campid=5335809022

There's a couple more on eBay if these don't show you what you're looking for.

Thanks! I recently purchased this seat from Mike (hope he doesn't mind my posting).
Aside from the replaced rivet with screws, is the rest of the seat correct? And what year would this seat be correct for?

Sold - Red Corvette Crash Rail Saddle | Archive (sold or withdrawn)

At least I think that's what it is. I got it in a box of seats last year. I intended to re-finish and recover this one day in leather. Not now. Its gotta go. It is perfect right now for a patina rider. Its solid with no issues. It looks like there may be a few newer nuts and bolts Over-all great...

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[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

Thanks! I recently purchased this seat from Mike (hope he doesn't mind my posting).
Aside from the replaced rivet with screws, is the rest of the seat correct? And what year would this seat be correct for?

Sold - Red Corvette Crash Rail Saddle | Archive (sold or withdrawn)

At least I think that's what it is. I got it in a box of seats last year. I intended to re-finish and recover this one day in leather. Not now. Its gotta go. It is perfect right now for a patina rider. Its solid with no issues. It looks like there may be a few newer nuts and bolts Over-all great...

thecabe.com

Looks correct, 1959

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

Maybe he trimmed the cover I need to go look at mine

 

[Rusty Ol' Rogue]

Maybe he trimmed the cover I need to go look at mine

I WAS wondering if the cover had been trimmed on this "Scwhinn tagged seat. If so it wasn't by Mike. But I did see 2 similar seats on ebay that were trimmed similarly. The vinyl on the later Mesinger "S" seat that I have, wraps around and under the pan.

 

[GTs58]

@Boris that seat was used for 1959 thru 1961 and looks correct other than some of the hardware. I'd take those screws out and use rivets or the look like rivet screws. The heads on those screws are flat heads and have a taper that will mess the vinyl up!

@bloo there is a similar Mesinger that looked like the Deluxe beehive seat but it only had the compression springs. Kids seat but the pan is very similar being the same shape but the frame is all different. Same rivet situation as the beehive seat.

The 1963 and up seats have no rivets, just the wrapped vinyl covers.

 

[vincev]

something like this would look good.....


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