Old 03-05-20, 11:19 PM
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Salamandrine 
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Originally Posted by j_Maynard
Serial number my mistake, I'm a car guy. I would much rather leave the original paint. Even tho the bike is not a high valued bike it would still be nice to see it cleaned and in working order. Perhaps I will just clean the chrome and grease on the bearings.
That's not a bad approach. You might want to take a look at this thread from last year.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...nd-rescue.html

I thought it turned out very well. Original paint and chrome was left in place. Just some clean up and polishing compound was used. The seat was reupholstered, which made the whole bike look great again.

I haven't payed attention to vintage Schwinn prices in years, so I can't help you with that. I think this forum is still going, which may be of some help: https://thecabe.com/forum/
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