Recent content by CARuggs

Thank you much. This is the same source I used to validate the year before I made the purchase. Then someone cited this link that shows it as a different year. http://www.angelfire.com/rant/allday101/SchwinnCodes1.html Not sure which one is more reliable but I'm leaning towards the one you have...

Greetings, I started collecting parts a couple of years ago for a Schwinn project bike. I lost momentum at the time but I feel the desire to start in to it again. I bought what I thought was a Schwinn '58 or so 26" frame. It has the brackets for a tank. The S/N is located on the rear drop left...

If a frame serial number designates that the bike frame was manufactured in October of 1962, does that mean that the bike is a 1962 model or could the frame have been used in a 1963 model? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thank you all very much for the information. It was very kind of you to take your time to offer your insight. I am looking forward to learning more about the vintage bikes as I go along. My end result as was questioned is to find a style bike I like and restore to close to original, use for...

Hello everyone, I want to restore an old Shwinn bike for a project and maybe have this evolve to a hobby. I want to start with a men's cruiser style old Schwinn, mid to early 60s or so. I have been looking online for frames and such and keep seeing the phrase RatRod bike. What does this mean...