{"id":406,"date":"2019-01-30T04:21:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T04:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2023-12-06T19:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:34:32","slug":"1962-schwinn-jaguar-mark-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"1962 Schwinn Jaguar Mark IV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/118_1807.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/118_1807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/118_1807-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>1962 Schwinn Jaguar Mark IV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Schwinn&#8217;s top-of-the-line middleweight model. Typical of &#8220;equipped&#8221; bicycles of the era, it is loaded with accessories&#8211;accounting for the $87.95 price tag as compared to the $52.95 price of of the basic Typhoon version of the otherwise-similar 26-inch boy&#8217;s-frame middleweight bicycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This deluxe bike&#8217;s original equipment includes: chrome &#8220;ball&#8221; headlight; hand-operated caliper brakes;  front dual-articulated rack made by German Mayweg, designed to accommodate books or a lunch box; stainless steel fenders (as opposed to chromed steel for lesser models); 62-exclusive &#8220;Starburst&#8221; design Schwinn head badge; forged steel stem (as opposed to stamped steel), chrome fork crown; deluxe headset (bearing sets);  whitewall Schwinn Westwind S-7 26 X 1 3\/4 tires; chrome rims; chrome\/painted horn tank; chrome seat post and clamp; deluxe two-tone Schwinn &#8220;S&#8221; seat with chrome rear crash rail and chrome beehive springs; chrome\/painted deluxe finned chain guard; deluxe sport &#8220;bow&#8221; pedals; 3-speed internal shift hub (some 1960-1963 3-speed Schwinns used this trigger-operated Austrian hub, while most used a nearly identical British Sturmey-Archer hub); four-reflector &#8220;crutch tip&#8221; rear chrome decorative cargo rack, and plastic-chrome &#8220;teardrop&#8221; rear &#8220;S&#8221; reflector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this Jag has a 3-speed hub, even the deluxe Schwinns of this era could be purchased with a single-speed coaster brake hub or a 2-speed Bendix Automatic &#8220;kick-back&#8221; hub.  The earlier triple-red-band Bendix hub used metal discs for its braking mechanism, whereas their later triple-yellow-band hubs used a more efficient and serviceable expandable drum design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schwinn&#8217;s top-of-the-line middleweight model. Typical of &#8220;equipped&#8221; bicycles of the era, it is loaded with accessories&#8211;accounting for the $87.95 price tag as compared to the $52.95 price of of the basic Typhoon version of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclesandcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}