Schwinn heavy duti value serial number#
Schwinn heavy duti value serial#

The 1969 Schwinn catalog shows that Schwinn switched to a lesser-loved “Mag-style” chainwheel that year, and indeed my February 1969-built Schwinn Heavy-Duti uses that newer design. Notice, however, that the chainwheel is the classic Schwinn cloverleaf.

Schwinn heavy duti value serial#

For some reason, my neighbor had to talk him down to fifteen dollars from twenty, more than I paid for the bike itself, but still less than the going rate for a green Schwinn Mesinger seat.Īccording to the serial number, my bike’s frame was built in November of 1968 therefore, by the time it was assembled, this bike was most likely considered a 1969 model. Side note: my neighbor found and bought the original seat at another rummage sale at the same house a year later. Knowing that I could easily clean it up to look nearly new, I didn’t even haggle, even though it was sporting a ripped denim seat, the height of fashion in no time that I can imagine. I like my bikes simple and unpretentious, unlike my ’63 Thunderbird.īack in 2016, my neighbor met me in the driveway as I got home from work, and told me about a bike for sale at a rummage sale a block away, so we walked over there together and found this rough-looking Racer for ten dollars. My bicycle sweet spot centers on late-’60s, early-’70s lightweight Schwinns, especially the bottom-of-the-line Racers and Speedsters. As usual, my response to this realization is that if something is worth doing, it’s worth overdoing, so now I have 18 bicycles in my basement (but to my credit, I just sold a ’62 Schwinn Typhoon to a fellow bicycle collector who has a ’65 Buick Riviera project – cool guy). I started collecting antique bicycles when I realized that it made no sense to drive old cars all the time but cruise around town on a department store mountain bike. I’ve written about several of my old Schwinns here before, and I’ll leave links to those at the bottom of the page. That’s how I became the owner of my post-apocalyptic ride, this 1969 Schwinn Deluxe Racer. They have become our fourth set of parents, bringing over baked goods, garden vegetables, and news of rummage sale finds we might like. My neighbors to the north, however, are great people. I’ll tell you about them if we ever have a beer together. The stories of things that have happened on my block are hilarious until I remember that I live in the middle of it. We got married and bought our house during the last housing bubble in 2005, and the amount of debt with which we were comfortable landed us in a decent old house in an interesting neighborhood, interesting in a way that only people who have spent some time in a deteriorating post-manufacturing, mid-sized, midwestern town can understand. Pedals, Light, Grips, Paint everything is original to the bike when it was purchased.

Schwinn heavy duti value serial number#

The bike was mine and I suspect it was late 1950's to very early 1960's (I can pull the serial number if you want). Greetings:This is an ALL ORIGINAL Schwinn Corvette Boy's Bike. Schwinn Corvette Boy's Bike All Original 1960's Price Reduced - $550 (Englewood).Still has the original Schwinn tractor treat tires which do hold air but are cracked.Located on the near eastside Indianapolis. 1960's Schwinn Heavy Duti All Original - $250 (Eastside Indianapolis)Īll original 1960's Schwinn Heavy Duti bicycle.Schwinn Heavy Duti ( It’s heavy duty) - $350 (Chugiak).