JUST SPEAKING OUT " Treasure found in Grandpa's Garage."

This bicycle was basically recycled from a grandfather's garage, I thought I would purchase a nice new bike one of those from a local retailer. Well one of the down hill mountain bike crew that I write about every so often said I might like this bike. I took a look at it and almost changed my mind three times and said no. The paint is scratched there are a couple of dings in the chrome light and it came with some kind of generator thing that helps the light to shine.   The seat is a little torn and does not appear original.Then I thought what the heck a little work it might be as good as new, I took a look at the serial numbers and traced them back to buy some replacement parts. What a surprise it was a 1958 Schwinn Traveler three speed bike, and the chrome rims have Austria stamped all over them. Well needless to say despite the fact it looked like it still needs restoring, and it is absolutely nothing I really have a clue about doing. I was happy to have found a fairly decent original Schwinn that was not a remake that turned out to be older than I am, and it came out of Grandpas Garage what an old piece of history still with the generator and the light and chrome fenders in tact. Now that is finding a little piece of treasure.