79 SCHWINN SPITFIRE 5

[Rat Rod]

I picked up my Cruiser 5's evil twin brother this morning off of the CL for a cool $130...so much for losing weight, ha ha.

I had just sold my 65 Coppertone Traveler on Thursday so I had the money burning a hole in my pocket.

Plenty of rust, a new Shimano derailleur/chain and the ever popular ATOM drum brake.

Not sure if I have it in me to detail another one of these out at the moment. Just need to drop the whole bike in a swimming pool full of O.A. :lol:

It rides, shifts and stops great as is. Might be a good office bike to take out on lunch time cruises.

 

[Tonka]

nice pair of cruisers ya got there......

 

[ish]

I am both jealous and happy for you at the same time. Looks like it will clean up great, except maybe the crank leg.

 

[Rat Rod]

Thanks guys.

It was funny because he had it listed as a "SCHWINN CLASSIC 5 STAR CRUISER."

I wondered if it was a model I never hear of before.

 

[CCR]

Thanks guys.

It was funny because he had it listed as a "SCHWINN CLASSIC 5 STAR CRUISER."

I wondered if it was a model I never hear of before.

he must of had a Columbia as a kid :mrgreen:

 

[Wildcat]

The 65 Coppertone was for sale?

Nice set of blue cruisers, especially with the drum rear brake. It looks like the chains need a few more links, but that's just cosmetics.

 

[Rat Rod]

The 65 Coppertone was for sale?

Yep...had a local guy give me $200 for it.

 

[schwinnmesa]

Those bikes are so cool, nice score.

 

[roadmaster]

ive had a chance to ride one of those years ago and they are a great bike and two is totally sweet. solid bikes.

 

[user 135]

Now you just need a Klunker 5 to round out the collection.

 

[Bendix]

seems like there's been a lot of schwinn cruisers from this time frame popping up on this forum lately. this is just a reminder that we really did consider them to be viable off road machines back then......my '82 was a single speed (blue of course) with a bmx style fork, tan gumwall schwinn knobbies, and the tan prewar-loooking saddle that appeared in one of the other posts. it was $188 new (a stumpjumper was $800) at the 'outdoorsman' in durango......at that time they also had a tricked out one priced over $300- alloy rims, blue 3 piece crank, etc....fun times.