jacobsonsj

Two 1940s Schwinn bikes (Estimated Values ?). The bikes have been sitting in my parents attic for many years and are in very good to excellent condition.

Theses bikes were my grandparents. We want to sell them.


Model W3LFC

1940 schwinn w3lfc
New World Ladies' Sports-Tourist

Arnold, Schwinn and Co. presents the "New World" - a high quality, popularity-priced lightweight bicycle, most recent member of the Schwinn-Built family.

This New World Ladies' Sports-Tourist is a sturdy built, easy running mount, designed for adults on the approved English style and offered at a price no higher than that of the heavier, balloon-tired models. It has every feature essential to riding ease and continued trouble-free service. Built to be ridden hard, this attractive bicycle combines the best of materials, parts and accessories. The same careful workmanship that characterizes all Schwinn-Built bicycles is naturally precent. The combined result of materials and experience is a bicycle the price or which fails utterly to reflect its unusually high quality.

Step into the modern tempo with the New World Ladies' Tourist. For health, for figure, for sheer enjoyment, bicycling it the thing and this is the bicycle!



Model W3MFC

1940 schwinn w3mfc
New World Men's Sport-Tourist

This is more than just a picture of a bicycle. It's a picture of health, pleasure, and economy on two wheels!

The New world Men's Sports-Tourist offers you all of these. What could be better for your health than to be outdoors, even for an hour or so a day, taking the natural, all-over exercise that a good English type lightweight bicycle will give you? And what more pleasure than to ride away from business problems, for an hour or a month, with this quiet, smooth-running machine willing and able to take you wherever or however far you care to go?

But it's possible for you. This fine lightweight-with a lifetime guarantee, by Arnold, Schwinn and Co. - can be your very own for no more than what you would expect to pay for any ordinary bicycle! Why not be the first amond your friends to enjoy the pleasure and benefits of this fine bicycle?

oddjob2

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