Originally Posted by
John E
That's one of my favorite model years -- early enough for standard 3 bolt / 6 bolt European chainrings, leather saddle, downtube shifters, etc., but late enough for 27" rims.
Actually John, the '62 model came with 26" wheels. The Varsity didn't get 27" until the next year.
Mine has the 27" alloy wheel set from an '84 Schwinn World Sport that I parted out. The freewheel is 6 speed and it took some fanagling to get the old Huret Allvit rear der. to span it but I managed to get it working.
Attached are a couple pics of a really nice '63 model that sold on ebay a few years ago.
King of Kadence, was this your bike?
I remember it was owned by a guy named Larry who I used to communicate with, but lost track of over the years.