1955 Schwinn Corvette – Comic Book Advertisement
Advertisement page from a 1955 comic book. It reads in part: YIPEE! RIDE IT COWBOY! The Schwinn Corvette 3-Speed Middleweight Bike Just take a ride on this exciting new bike and you’ll see why...
Category: Middleweight Bicycles
1955 Schwinn Corvette 3-Speed
This Radiant Green, 1955 Schwinn Corvette 3-speed is a rare B.F. Goodrich badged model. It differs from Schwinn branded bikes by its badge and tires. The original tires were B.F. Goodrich Silvertown whitewalls, but...
1959 Schwinn Jaguar Mk IV
I found this Jaguar in PA looking pretty bad and missing some parts. She has now undergone an entire teardown and re-build using all original parts plus a few NOS and correct parts to...
1960’s Bowden 300
Here is an early 1960’s Bowden 300. Very few of them were produced following the Bowden Spacelander. They are very rare and almost impossible to find.
Photo – 1960 Gambles Hiawatha
Here, a teenage boy adjusts the handlebar stem on a brand new 1960 Hiawatha bike. This Hiawatha was built by AMF Cycle Co. [click thumbnail for full size image]
Photo – 1960 Western Flyer bicycles
Lineup of bicycles. Most appear to be Western Flyers, probalby new. Are the older bicycles trade-ins? [click thumbnail to view full size image]
1966 Huffy Eldorado
1966 Eldorado. A leftover of jet-age styling, this middleweight Huffy bicycle features a slim chain guard, a tank with built-in headlight, chrome fenders, and whitewall tires. This bicycle borrowed the name “Eldorado” from Cadillac....
1958 Ross DeLuxe
This year I had the chance to resurrect a rare 1958 Ross bicycle. The paint is all original. Headlights work great. I changed the gear ratio because I live where there are lots of...