Last night on my way home I was driving down a back rd and a old man had this bike sitting out in his yard for sale. I sat on his front porch with him and he gave me a beer and we talked about old cars for a hour. Then he told me I could have the bike for $20. I had to take it off his hands cause he was such a cool guy.

So I think I am going to just strip it down re paint it and build it up for riding back a forth to the store. I was just wondering if anyone knew what type of bike it was? He told me it was a 1951 Schwinn. I looked the bike over and could not find any markings to tell me what it is other than the number 8 on the crank tube. So does anyone know what it could be?

Thanks!