Originally Posted by
brandenjs

I know, I know it’s a dime a dozen 1978 Schwinn Traveler 3, but when I jumped on one of my online local auction houses and there wasn’t even a bid on this I had to throw a $1 on it. Well I ended up paying a $1.16 with tax and buyers fees. A bit of surface rust, but not bad shape.
I built a very similar Le Tour III (Japanese built Schwinn) up for my sister in law. It came out pretty nice and it started about where you are at.