Classic & Vintage - 88 Schwinn made in Chicago?

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KLW2
10-15-05, 05:48 PM
I have an 88 Voyageur and the head badge says Chicago on the bottom. There are no Made in Taiwan stickers (Columbus Tubing) ...could it have been made in Chicago?

cs1
10-16-05, 02:30 AM
I have an 88 Voyageur and the head badge says Chicago on the bottom. There are no Made in Taiwan stickers (Columbus Tubing) ...could it have been made in Chicago?
Is it lugged or does it look filet brazed? I have a couple of late eighties/early nineties Tempo's that were badged like that but made in Miss. They were from Schwinn's brand new Glenville Miss plant and used Columbus tubing.


Tim
KLW2
10-16-05, 06:48 AM
It is a lugged bike.
Thanks
Keith

John E
10-16-05, 06:11 PM
I believe that's "Greenville" MS. My Project KOM-10 was made there, as well, in June 1988. It is one of the last American-made Schwinn frames, with Japanese tubing (Tange Prestige II CrMo) and mostly Japanese components. It's old-school all the way, right down to the U-brake under the chainstays, but it suits me well, and the red-white-and-blue paint scheme turns heads.
KLW2
10-16-05, 07:00 PM
Thanks,
Did you paint it RWB or was that the original paint job? I plan to overhaul this bike and do some loaded weekend camping. Haven' decided on wether to repaint, it's dark blue.
Keith
slowspin
10-17-05, 07:13 PM
pretty sure the Schwinn Factory in Chicago, closed it's doors in 1983 .. 88's would have been made in Mississippi...