Available starting mid 1961 through 1962, the Schwinn Corvette 5-Speed is one of the rarest and most sought after of the Schwinn middleweights. It features a deraileur on the rear with stick shifter on the top tube near the head-set, dual hand breaks, rear “S” reflector and front book-rack. The candy blue paint on this example still gleams like new! And check out those cool checker-flags on the chainguard. With it’s whitewalls, flashy paint and mutliple speeds, any kid seen on this bike in ’62 would have been the talk of the neighborhood!
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