RE: [CR]eBay Outing - 1963 Schwinn Superior

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Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:50:20 -0800
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: RE: [CR]eBay Outing - 1963 Schwinn Superior
To: c r <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Jesse Hearndon <viper7990@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <457236.39380.qm@web82202.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


I see the Superior ended at $565. A good outcome, IMHO. I think anything under $500 would have been dirt cheap, and up to say $700 would have been reasonable. So I think the seller got a reasonable price, and the buyer, IMHO still got just a bit of a bargain. Maybe, in the scheme of things, a big bargain. The fillet brazed Schwinns, as the late lamented Sheldon said, are delightful bikes, far beyond what one would expect for the price. So I hope this one get get ridden well and often.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA


--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:


> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: RE: [CR]eBay Outing - 1963 Schwinn Superior
> To: "c r" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Jesse Hearndon" <viper7990@hotmail.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 9:09 AM
> Right, as I said, this bike does not even remotely resemble
> a 1976 Superior. The 1976 was essentially a renamed Sports
> Tourer, as the Sports Tourer disappears after 1975 and the
> Superior reappears in 1976. The 1976 had a double alloy
> cotterless crank, like the Sports Tourer, not the Asthabula
> crank with Huret triple rings. Suicide levers aside, the
> eBay bike is the genuine atrticle.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Jesse Hearndon
> <viper7990@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Jesse Hearndon <viper7990@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: [CR]eBay Outing - 1963 Schwinn Superior
> > To: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net, "c r"
> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 5:53 AM
> > I could be wrong but that appears to be an
> early-60's
> > Superior, it has the old-style lettering on the frame
> that
> > was used until 1975 I think. Definitely not a 76-78
> > Superior. Also I don't think the 76' - 78'
> was
> > offered with a triple-chainring crank. Do you have the
> S/N
> > for it?
> >
> > Very rare bike indeed, aside from my 76' Superior
> this
> > is the second one I have ever seen in existence.
> >
> > BTW the Ciocc is pretty much finished and now I am
> moving
> > onto the Superior for my next restoration.
> >
> > Jesse Hearndon
> > West Melbourne, FL> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:20:07
> > -0800> From: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> Subject:
> Re:
> > [CR]eBay Outing - 1963 Schwinn Superior> To:
> > CLASSICRENDEZVOUS@BIKELIST.ORG> > > >
> Sorry, but
> > there was no 1973 Superior. The Superior> >
> disappears
> > from the lineup after 1963 and does not reappear>
> >
> > until 1976 and this bike does not even remotely
> resemble
> > a> > late 70's Superior. The suicide levers
> may be
> > older> > than you think, or might have been
> added, but
> > everything> > else screams early 60's,
> including
> > the Titan chromed> > steel stem. As I own a 1962
> all
> > original Superior, I can> > tell you this bike
> is
> > 99.9% sure to be as represented. If> > fillet
> brazed
> > Schwinns are your thing, this one is pretty> >
> close
> > to the Holy Grail. Again, no personal interest,>
> >
> > except that if it were my size, I'd keep it quiet
> > and> > bid myself.> > > >
> Regards,>
> > > > > Jerry Moos> > > > > >
> ---
> > On Fri, 1/2/09, Peter Tutty> >
> > <peter_tutty@yahoo.com> wrote:> > >
> > >
> > From: Peter Tutty <peter_tutty@yahoo.com>>
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Outing - 1963 Schwinn
> > Superior> > > To: "Classic
> > Rendezvous"> >
> > <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>,> >
> > jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> > > Date: Friday,
> January
> > 2, 2009, 9:33 PM> > > I'm no Schwinn
> expert,
> > but I'd think 1973> > rather> > >
> than
> > 1963 based on the 'safety' brake levers>
> >
> > and> > > other components.> > >
> > >
> > > Peter TuttyLondonderry > > > > >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 2/1/09, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos>
> >
> > > <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:> >
> >
> > > > > > > > From: Jerome &
> Elizabeth
> > Moos> > > <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>>
> >
> > > Subject: [CR]eBay Outing - 1963 Schwinn
> Superior>
> > > > To: "Classic Rendezvous"> >
> >
> > <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>> > >
> > Received: Friday, 2 January, 2009, 6:16 PM> >
> >
> > > > > > > > I don't usually do
> this,
> > but this might be of> > interest> > >
> to you
> > fillet brazed Schwinn fans - you know who you> >
> > are:> > > > > >> >
> >
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
> ihZ018QQcategoryZ156522QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>
> > > > > > > Purportedly a 1963 Superior,
> and no
> > reason the doubt> > > that. Looks remarkably
> > clean. At the current bid> > I'd> >
> >
> > say this is a bargain. One day to go. No> >
> > connection to> > > seller. I already have an
> all
> > chrome 1962 Superior,> > plus> > > this
> one
> > looks to tall for me. If it were my size,> >
> > I'd> > > probably be keeping this to
> > myself.> > > > > > Regards,> >
> >
> > > > > Jerry Moos> > > Big Spring,
> Texas,
> > USA> > > > > > > > > >
> >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> >
> > > > > > > > >
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