new find! skip tooth schwinn

[bigdumbhead]

scored this a couple of months ago but just now finally had time to get the pics up. not really sure what i'm going to do w/ it. i grabbed it cuz of the skiptooth but who knows? anyways on to the pics...

if anyone can tell me more about it i'd really be grateful!

 

[deorman]

Looks like a '50's Schwinn to me. Guess you already knew that. :?

 

[Markm]

http://www.bunchobikes.com/serialnumber2.htm

 

[sensor]

its not 50's.....looks to be around late 30's - early 40's(im not really a schwinn guy so i cant give you an exact year :| )
okay..i take that back....here she is....
http://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1941 ... c_007.html

 

[deorman]

I don't know exactly what year they stopped or started that particular type. I think it's post-war, they were common as dirt when I was a child during the 60's. It COULD be from the 40's, I seriously doubt the 30's. I could be wrong. It DOES appear to have a dog-leg crank. Look up that #! :?

 

[deorman]

I stand by my original estimate-mid 1950's.

 

[bigdumbhead]

thanks for the help guys. i guess mine is special cuz i couldn't find the # on the list!? it's on the b.b. and some of the #'s fit but there's two rows. oh and a pic might help, sorry!

also, i found these #'s on the top of the b.b.

also, there is no schwinn headbadge. it just has a sticker on the seat tube and schwinn grips.

 

[deorman]

The # and location would seem to indicate earlier than my guess, but I still doubt 1930's.

 

[MBblue6]

It is prewar note the rear facing dropouts. Also that style of frame was used by schwinn on womans bikes in the late 30's early 40's. Matt

 

[Stonefish]

The odd stamping on the top side of the BB could be a local township ID marking. Some places issued bike licenses...and would stamp numbers onto bikes.

I would also agree, the bike is pre-war

 

[bigdumbhead]

cool thanks guys. yea i was kinda thinking prewar because of the skiptooth and rear dropouts.

 

[deorman]

Step through skiptooth bikes like this were available way into the fifties, but given the rear loading dropouts, you're probably correct. In any case, the ser.# location proves it is pre-1950. If it has it's original crank, it should be dated within a year of actual build date. I guess I owe the pooch dinner.

 

[bigdumbhead]

wow i never knew skiptooths were that "new". i always thought to have a skip it had to be ancient. good to know! so if i pull the crank the date should be on there in plain english or am i going to have to decipher it?

 

[deorman]

I haven't ever tried that but I have heard it from people who should know, and seen it stated on info. sites. I think they quit manufacturing it a few years before they stopped selling it, just using up the stock of parts on low end models.

 

[roadmaster]

always like a cool old schwinn. id guess an early 40's. throw on a chain and she looks ready to ride.

 

[bigdumbhead]

the tires actually hold air too! well for about five minutes until they're all deflated. i think i might be putting it up for sale. i had planned on using the skiptooth parts but now i think i have too many project and not enough space.

 

[deorman]

Probably best left together anyway. Some actual value to collectors. :|