Brewsmith 

-Now with before/after content below!-

Went to the flea market yesterday and this caught my eye buried under a few lesser specimens. Since I am early in my C&V restoration career, I am trying to take on as many different projects/manufacturers as I can handle (and the wife will allow) in order to familiarize myself with the field. Haven't tackled a Schwinn yet, so here goes!

Frame is about 58cm tall, everything seems to be original from what I have seen in the catalogs other than the barcons, and in pretty decent shape. Badge says 1933, so I am assuming 193rd frame in 1983? A few little things I could use some help with are:

a. Can anyone suggest a brand/model of hoods that would fit these levers? I have seen dia-compe/cane creek mentioned but just want to make sure I get the right ones. Links appreciated!

b. Any reason that I could not remove the metal splash guard behind the cassette? Just an aesthetic thing and I don't like the way they look, but don't want to mess up any spacing etc.

c. Any idea what model/line the barcons are? No markings other than Suntour on them, were there models at all, or just one option for bar ends?

Thanks in advance to the interest and assistance all!

















Thanks for looking out Schwinn!

vtchuck

Looks like a fun project.... but I'm just as impressed by the items in the background. Craft beer and vintage bikes: the ultimate combination!

Brewsmith 

Are these the hoods i'm looking for before I pull the trigger?

https://www.amazon.com/Cane-Creek-144...diacompe+hoods

oddjob2

A Raleigh guy working on a Schwinn, go figure.

The hoods you have picked will work. You can remove the dork disk behind the freewheel, not cassette. Since that bike likely needs all consumables, tires, tubes, cables, housing, chain, bearings, bar tape, hoods, & brake shoes, plus you'll need some tools, you might try to buy everything from one vendor to save on shipping charges.

vtchuck

Yep... DiaCompe style...black or gum

okane

When found on the headbadge, the number 1933 means the frame was made on the 193 rd day of 1983

Scooper

Close. The four digit headbadge number is the assembly date of the bike, not the date the frame was made. The frame manufacture date is part of the frame serial number.

okane is correct about the dddy format of the headbadge number (ddd=day of year from 001 - 366, y=last digit of the year).

lord_athlon

Weird. I've never seen one of those without a derailleur hanger.

Scooper

The Super Le Tour in the 1983 catalog has a claw hanger.

TickDoc

Man that is nice. That is one of the ones I lusted for back in the day. I remember reading about ltnis lance kid switching to road bikes, and the coors classic, and that schwinn. I remember a bunch of neon, and depeche mode.

Makes me miss the eighties.

Perfect backdrop with the kegs there and good luck sourcing what you need.

Brewsmith 

Thanks for the input all, about to call it quits for tonight, but I got the frame, cranks, stem and headset all polished up, derallieurs and brakes tomorrow. Looks damn near a new bike under all the crud!

I actually have a tires, few bulks spools of housing and a few bar tapes laying around, so not much is having to be purchased other than tubes and a few cables. Also lucked out on a new (to me) set of what appear to be the original shifters. They cost me about $5 more than clamp on cable stops since this model has the funky single downtube boss in the middle, sadly the zip tie is no more

I'll try to post some progress pics tomorrow. Thanks again!

Brewsmith 

Obligatory before/after content:

















This is only my third complete restoration, but I think it came out quite well. If any of the gurus here see anything I can improve upon, please weigh in. My one hard lesson for this build was the crank restoration. Used strong degreaser instead of alcohol solvent to try and remove the chain goop and it messed with the finish on the aluminum (as can be seen on the slightly spotty big ring in the picture). Even after rigorous multi grade sanding and polishing, that was the best I could achieve. Lesson learned!