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Schwinn Pea Picker Krate Clone Restored

This bike started as an original campus green 5 speed fast back. When it came time to restore it, i decided to make it a krate as i always wanted one. Even before the rebuild, the frame was straight and rust free with good welds. No need to worry about junk hiding under good paint. The bike was taken down to the fraem and repainted by a local schwinn dealer that specializes in krates. He usually has 6 ro 7, so he knows what he is doing. With the exception of a few parts that didn't look bad such as the kickstand, seat post, shifter/derailer, rear fender and handlebar tree, most of the chrome was replaced using genuine schiwnn parts. The natural parts such as brake components were just cleaned pu and left alone. Here is what is not original schwinn that i know of. The front tire is some off name brand, the seat and chain guard aer genuine schwinn parts, but they are repros from when schwin re-released the chinese made krates. Schwinn did not make krate speicfic chain guards. They all came plain chrome, so i had to paint and decal it on my own. I also clear coated is to make ti more scratch resistant.

The rims were rechromed and at that time, the wheels were profesionally re-laced with stainless steel. The biek also comes with a spare can of campus green spray paint. Since this bike was finished, it ahs sat in my rec room for display only.

Now, if you are asking what sets if off from a real krate, here are the major changes, the fastback has a narrower rear tire. To accomadate this, the shock absorber ssisy bar came from a coaster brake krate. The rear frame tubes on a krate connect to the seat post, then continue on to end at the front down tube. The fast back rear tubes stop at the seat post. Overall this is a nice display piece. Not mint, because i wanted to keep as much of the original parts as possible down to the shifter decals. So what's the plus sied to owning this, you can get the krate look on a genuine american made schwinn for a lot less then an original. In fact my reserve is just a bit more then what others are asking for chinese made coaster brake krates.

Look around at krate parts, esepcially the front drum wheel. You can probably part this out (i hope you don't) for more than my reserve. That being said, this bike is sold as is where is. No warranties of any type are given ro implied. So ask questions first.

If you send me your e-mail, i'll be glad so send close up pics of any part of the bike you want. Local pickup only. If you really want me to ship, ti will be at actual cost (us only), but my local ups shipper already warned me packing and shipping can run in excess of $100.

I am willing to deliver locally for free. Payment via paypal or money order only. Payment must be made in 10 days unless prior arangements are made. If picking up, i'll naturally accept cash upon pick up.