1995 Schwinn Black Phantom Centennial Edition, Replica, 100th Anniversary For Sale

The 1995 Schwinn Black Phantom Centennial Edition was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary (1895-1995)of the Arnold Schwinn Bicycle Co. 1995 marks the only year this bicycle was built and it was sold at the retail price of $2999. Only 5,000 ? of these, hand built, reproduction bicycles were produced. The serial number on this bike is G000468, it comes with all the quality accessories, locking springerfork, front and rear lights that are fully functional and the horn tank which tells everyone your coming. The previous owner had it hanging and never rode it, the seat shows where the rope was that it was hanging from and the front tire was replaced with a Chengwhite wall tire other than that there is not a scratch on this bike it is perfect in every detail, you would be hard pressed to find a finer bike. Shipping will have to be in 2 boxes and cost will be kept to a minimum, insurance will need to be added which willbe an approximate costof$100. to $200. total which will have to be determined after boxing and adding your zip,or can be picked up in the St. Louis area. Sold to the lower 48 states, (no offerding from HI or PR) sold as is, look at all the pictures and ask questions prior to offerding. Here is some information I found on the internet:

The Black Phantom was produced in 1949. In the following model year there were three color schemes available – black, green and red – but these were called only ‘Phantom’ not ‘Black Phantom’. The Black Phantom was the first one. Rare and exclusive, to this day original Black Phantoms are among the most desirable and collectible of all of Schwinn’s 100 years of production.Schwinn were justifiably proud of their long history. When the company decided to release a limited edition replica of an historically important model to celebrate their Centenary in 1995 the legendary Black Phantom was the obvious choice. They planned to make 5000 of them. In the end they produced no more than 3000 and perhaps fewer than 2000, almost all of which quickly disappeared into the hermetically sealed garages of private collectors where they remain in their un-opened boxes. They retailed for $3000 a pop.The attention to detail is quite extraordinary – the closer you look the more it becomes clear that this is a bike made by people who had enormous respect for Schwinn’s heritage and for the original bike. In 1995 Schwinn still owned the factory which made the original bikes – and the factory still contained almost all of the original machinery and tooling. So to make the reproduction they were able to use the actual machines which originally turned it out. Everything about the bike, from the fillet brazed frame to the tires was as authentic as it is possible to be. It is a blue-printed original. The only part they couldn’t remake exactly as the original was the (incorporating a steering lock) fork crown. The equipment no longer existed so they couldn’t cast it as per the original. So they made it better – exactly the same shape but a stronger process.