help! prewar schwinn?

[bon]

hi guys! i'm new to this incredible site and i wish someone might now what year and model of this schwinn bike that i recently bought.. only the frame and the tank are salvageable.. all i know is it is a prewar bike. thanks if you could shed some light on this one.
serial has GY 10 on top of 11160, on the side it has a logo with number 4100.

 

[B607]

This one has me stumped. The tank and head tube/top tube welds look exactly like a Schwinn. The drop outs and the serial number don't look like any Schwinn I've seen. :? With drop outs having ears like that, you'd think this frame would have a straight down tube.
I hope someone can figure this one out. That's about a $200 tank, by the way. :wink: Gary

 

[Wildcat]

Maybe the GY is Goodyear? This is a pic of a 1938 Goodyear bike, made by Colson. The dropouts look like yours. I also noticed the welds on the headtube, they aren't smooth like a Schwinn. Maybe a Colson?

 

[bon]

thanks guys for the info.. i already stipped the frame and the tank. will post updated pics soon.

 

[bon]

Re: help! prewar schwinn?( stripped frame)

here is an update:
maybe these pics will help a lot.

i've already browsed much of the internet but can't seem to find some info.
thanks guys for any help i can get.

(click on the pictures to view the full frame.)

 

[ozzmonaut]

It rally doesn't look like a Schwinn to me. The tank obviously is, but maybe it's a prewar roadmaster or western flyer that a schwinn tank just happened to fit well.

 

[B607]

It rally doesn't look like a Schwinn to me. The tank obviously is, but maybe it's a prewar roadmaster or western flyer that a schwinn tank just happened to fit well.

+1. That brazing job sure looks nice, whatever make it is. It will look sharp painted up. Gary

 

[Cherryboxx]

Darn :? When we bought this one,i was all Schwinn...now that you striped it,i'm totally blank. Everything looks legit,doesn't appear to had been tampered or modified...

It rally doesn't look like a Schwinn to me. The tank obviously is, but maybe it's a prewar roadmaster or western flyer that a schwinn tank just happened to fit well.

yes maybe the tank just happed to fit in...Hahaha i guess we're going to Rat this one?

 

[bon]

It rally doesn't look like a Schwinn to me. The tank obviously is, but maybe it's a prewar roadmaster or western flyer that a schwinn tank just happened to fit well.

when we bought it, i was really thinkin schwinn, but then when i stripped it, i got a little messed up. the rear looks like the colson in the picture that Wildcat posted. maybe someone decades ago did this to this bike and its amazing he was able to put the schwinn tank to fit in. and he did a nice heck of a job.

It rally doesn't look like a Schwinn to me. The tank obviously is, but maybe it's a prewar roadmaster or western flyer that a schwinn tank just happened to fit well.

+1. That brazing job sure looks nice, whatever make it is. It will look sharp painted up. Gary

am still thinkin if i'll just let it that way or maybe put the tank on this one i got.
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewto ... 16&t=57982

Darn :? When we bought this one,i was all Schwinn...now that you striped it,i'm totally blank. Everything looks legit,doesn't appear to had been tampered or modified...

It rally doesn't look like a Schwinn to me. The tank obviously is, but maybe it's a prewar roadmaster or western flyer that a schwinn tank just happened to fit well.

yes maybe the tank just happed to fit in...Hahaha i guess we're going to Rat this one?

yeah maybe rat this one