I picked up a nice '62 Typhoon for a quicky build. After replacing some aged bearings it will get a resto/mod and get ridden. It has the schwinn 26" s-7 rims, anything available except the narrow s-7 tire? Looking more for 2" plus if I can find them. Guess I may have to swap to regular rims to use tires I want. Bought a pair of schwinn approved 26 white walls, but that is when I found out about the s-7 rims.
Otherwise it will be a retro bmx/hot rod cruiser build. Got the bmx fork, still need to see if it will work. Tear apart the crank parts, clean everything up and paint and rebuild. Probably go matt black with painted red wheels, chrome spokes, and add replacement schwinn typhoon decals to finish. Wald stingray style handle bar, maybe some of that half link chain. Should be simple to get done.
The hurdle now is the s-7 wheels. Really want a white wall tire to go with the hot rod look.
Pics later.
See ya,
Rod
Otherwise it will be a retro bmx/hot rod cruiser build. Got the bmx fork, still need to see if it will work. Tear apart the crank parts, clean everything up and paint and rebuild. Probably go matt black with painted red wheels, chrome spokes, and add replacement schwinn typhoon decals to finish. Wald stingray style handle bar, maybe some of that half link chain. Should be simple to get done.
The hurdle now is the s-7 wheels. Really want a white wall tire to go with the hot rod look.
Pics later.
See ya,
Rod
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