FZ1riderNY
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I have a funny story to tell. About 3 or 4 months ago, my landlord asked me if I wanted a bike that he had in the garage to give to my son. I went to look at it and it was an old decrepid white 10 speed. Jesus himself couldn't raise that bike from the dead. I told him that I hadn't had the room at the time so I passed.
Now it's Wednesday and I'm doing the Pod Light Mod and again my landlord comes out and asks my son if he still wants the bike. I'm thinking to myself, "Oh God, not more junk to stow away". As he and my son walk to his garage I hear him say, "just look at it, it's a Schwinn".
I'm now in my garage working on the FZ and 5 minutes passed and my son turns the corner with, NOT a junky white 10 speed, but a VINTAGE 1960 SCHWINN PANTHER III 3 SPEED!!! Fully complete with the exception of the dual headlight. My friggin jaw dropped to the floor!! It only needs new tires and tubes and the tank halves and headlight. I checked on both Ebay and the Schwinn Forum, (Yes, even Schwinn has a forum), to see what they were going for. The cheapest I could find was selling for $625.00 dollars and that was only a single speed!
The bike has a three speed internal hub. No derailer. It's an amazing looking bike and I don't think the landlord had a clue as to what he actually had stored away all these years! We are going to start cleaning it up this Saturday and restore it to nice condition. It is quite a bike to say the least. I checked the serial number and it was built on August 18th, 1960. It just turned 49 years old.
Here are some before pics of the new ride for anyone interested in vintage bikes, and NO it's not for sale. Sorry
The pulley system that changes the speeds in the internal hub....
I'll post some more as the restoration progresses.
Now it's Wednesday and I'm doing the Pod Light Mod and again my landlord comes out and asks my son if he still wants the bike. I'm thinking to myself, "Oh God, not more junk to stow away". As he and my son walk to his garage I hear him say, "just look at it, it's a Schwinn".
I'm now in my garage working on the FZ and 5 minutes passed and my son turns the corner with, NOT a junky white 10 speed, but a VINTAGE 1960 SCHWINN PANTHER III 3 SPEED!!! Fully complete with the exception of the dual headlight. My friggin jaw dropped to the floor!! It only needs new tires and tubes and the tank halves and headlight. I checked on both Ebay and the Schwinn Forum, (Yes, even Schwinn has a forum), to see what they were going for. The cheapest I could find was selling for $625.00 dollars and that was only a single speed!
The bike has a three speed internal hub. No derailer. It's an amazing looking bike and I don't think the landlord had a clue as to what he actually had stored away all these years! We are going to start cleaning it up this Saturday and restore it to nice condition. It is quite a bike to say the least. I checked the serial number and it was built on August 18th, 1960. It just turned 49 years old.
Here are some before pics of the new ride for anyone interested in vintage bikes, and NO it's not for sale. Sorry
The pulley system that changes the speeds in the internal hub....
I'll post some more as the restoration progresses.
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