![]() I've trued up the rear, that worked okay. The rims were rusty in places, but intact. I don't think the wheels or rear sprocket were the originals, and either the seat or the handgrips have been changed. The "James" stenciling was done by painting black over the original safety-yellow color, so the frame is a 2-tone black and yellow. There are stickers that say "Trent" on it, and stencils that say "James". The fenders have been painted pink, and one says "Pipefitter" on it (came out of chemical plant or refinery in the Houston area). My intent is to leave it as much like i can cosmetically, and just get it riding good. I liked it because it's got a lot of character. The fork is different from the most recent "Heavy Duty" but matches an online 1998 description I found. The frame matches the pictures of the newer "Heavy Duty", but that is considerably different from the 1960's Heavy Duti. This does have a "Made in Taiwan" label on the headtube. But evidently, Schwinn made these, then hired Summit to make them, then switched production to Asia for the Pacific-made-model, then Summit started making them under their own name. There's not actually anything that says Schwinn except for those handgrips. The Schwinn Heavy Duty (also shows up as Heavy Duti) was their version of an industrial bike, similar to those made by Worksman, by Summit, by Husky, by Mohawk, by Atlas/Sun, etc. It has ooooold Schwinn handgrips, a Summit seat, a Husky basket-liner. Probably paid a bit much- if I lived down there, I'll bet I could eventually get one like this for free somewhere. Picked me up a goody down in the Houston area a few days ago.
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