Blood test in order.........
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Blood test in order.........
https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/bik/1442326059.html
In almost any arena of collectabiles original is king and command top prices and restored is only worth more than a rust bucket. Now I have no knowlegde of the venerable Typhoon, and I see lots of overpriced bikes on CL and Ebay, but $900 !?!?!?
In almost any arena of collectabiles original is king and command top prices and restored is only worth more than a rust bucket. Now I have no knowlegde of the venerable Typhoon, and I see lots of overpriced bikes on CL and Ebay, but $900 !?!?!?
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The nice thing about a restored Schwinn is that the decals tend to be straighter than the origionals.
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Now, if that had Paramount decals and was claimed to be restored by Waterford, lots of people around here would think that it was a bargain
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Gorgeous, and possibly worth it to someone. Not me though.
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In the car collector field there is a subset of people known by me as the concourse people. These people will lay down terrycloth toweles as they carefully and slowly wheel their concourse level cars off the trailers and over the grass to their assigned spot in the event so as not to get so much as a single particle of a blade of grass stuck to the tire treads. I can't do that and tend to just let the grass fly all over the place if I'm unloading a car. Been a long time since I've played with cars, and I've never gone to a concourse level event.
That's a nice looking bike, I have no idea if it is concourse quality, but I suspect the current owner of it believes it is. And that belief is worth half the price if not more. If the seller believes then so might a buyer. They hate me at auctions.
That's a nice looking bike, I have no idea if it is concourse quality, but I suspect the current owner of it believes it is. And that belief is worth half the price if not more. If the seller believes then so might a buyer. They hate me at auctions.
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professional repaint and rechrome - that $900 is probably about what the owner has into it. Worth it?
nah.
nah.
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You gonna eat that?
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In the car collector field there is a subset of people known by me as the concourse people. These people will lay down terrycloth toweles as they carefully and slowly wheel their concourse level cars off the trailers and over the grass to their assigned spot in the event so as not to get so much as a single particle of a blade of grass stuck to the tire treads. I can't do that and tend to just let the grass fly all over the place if I'm unloading a car. Been a long time since I've played with cars, and I've never gone to a concourse level event. .
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Darn! you are either quasi local (I am closer to Mechanicsville -an obscure stoplight between Doylestown and Buckingham- than Mechanicsburg, PA) or at least listening to the same airwaves as I am
and nothing wrong about Kias (at least as far as I am concerned, other that the fact -quote old 7up commercial dude- never had it, never will)
but this is funny...
and nothing wrong about Kias (at least as far as I am concerned, other that the fact -quote old 7up commercial dude- never had it, never will)
but this is funny...
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You hit the nail on the head-- even in pristine shape it's too new to be worth anywhere near that.
For that amount of money we're talking a full scale ballooner, and probably a prewar one at that (with a few notable exceptions like Phantoms).
For that amount of money we're talking a full scale ballooner, and probably a prewar one at that (with a few notable exceptions like Phantoms).
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That ad may be better stated as:
"Schwinn Typhoon - Repainted, rechromed, redone, reworked, and generally overdone considering it isn't the rarest nor scarcest thing in the world." Better yet, since this is a '74, the seller should simply state: "I am an idiot."
Heck, most of that brightwork is now obviously rechromed - it never would have looked that decent when new, not even on a '50s model. Someone pi$$ed away a lot of money on this thing for naught.
-Kurt
"Schwinn Typhoon - Repainted, rechromed, redone, reworked, and generally overdone considering it isn't the rarest nor scarcest thing in the world." Better yet, since this is a '74, the seller should simply state: "I am an idiot."
Heck, most of that brightwork is now obviously rechromed - it never would have looked that decent when new, not even on a '50s model. Someone pi$$ed away a lot of money on this thing for naught.
-Kurt