1959 Schwinn Corvette – Comic Book Advertisement
Ad from a 1959 Comic book for the Schwinn Corvette. In partial, it reads: MORE BOYS AND GIRLS RIDE Schwinn THAN ANY OTHER BIKE! “It’s the world’s finest” Take a look at these Features!...
Ad from a 1959 Comic book for the Schwinn Corvette. In partial, it reads: MORE BOYS AND GIRLS RIDE Schwinn THAN ANY OTHER BIKE! “It’s the world’s finest” Take a look at these Features!...
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...
1959 was the last year for the Schwinn Phantom, the highest grade balloon tire bicycle sold by Schwinn since 1949. Middleweight bicycles were now the hot thing, so balloon tire bicycles were out. The...
Beautiful Phantom pulled out of a 36 year hibernation in a spare bedroom. Entry Submitted by stan watt
The ’59 Phantom differed from previous years in several ways. Notable were the newer “bow” pedals, a different seat cover, and different decals on teh seat tube, tank, and chain guard. With the exception...
Rare 1959 (last year) men’s Red Phantom Schwinn Bike. Appears to be all original accept for the rear luggage carrier clip. Entry Submitted by John Cryderman
This Schwinn bike was made in the 1970’s and was patterened after the 1959 Schwinn prototype bike drawing. Supposedly, this prototype bike was to replace the popular Schwinn Phantom which was at the end...
This 1960 Schwinn Varsity 8-Speed was my 1960 Christmas present! I retired 3 years ago and started cleaning up my garage. I still ride my bicycles daily-weather permitting. When cleaning up the garage I...
All the internal parts of the famous Bendix 2 speed Automatic “kick back” hub are shown here on this page from an old Schwinn service manual. Exploded view of the internal parts of the...
Here is a pic of a 1960’s Schwinn Aero-Space bike. It has the space-age (futuristic) design but I don’t believe this concept bike was ever built. Just wanted to share it with other collector’s.