Last Question About Serial Number..

[indianaderrick]

Is this last number a 0 ? It looks like a backword c and the size is smaller. Thank you for your opinion

Derrick Menssen

 

[Metacortex]

It appears to me that the last number is 9.

 

[momo608]

Doesn't look like the 9 a couple digits over. Take that bracket off to get a better view. looks like the axle nut washers are on backwards too, those teeth are to contact the frame drop out. What kind of bike is this?

 

[GTs58]

It does look like a 9 if you use your imagination. Still hard to tell even with that braced moved?

How to photograph a serial number.

 

[indianaderrick]

Doesn't look like the 9 a couple digits over. Take that bracket off to get a better view. looks like the axle nut washers are on backwards too, those teeth are to contact the frame drop out. What kind of bike is this?

It is a 1968 Apple Krate

Derrick Menssen

 

[CrazyDave]

That looks nothing like the 9, it certainly looks like a backward C and unlike the other digits.

 

[GTs58]

Schwinn had many cases of screwed up serial number stampings over the years. The ID of your bike is not in question so the missing last digit is really unimportant other than it being a fluke stamping. The early 1966 stampings were a good example of messed up stampings leaving the year letter omitted but had the space.

 

[indianaderrick]

Schwinn had many cases of screwed up serial number stampings over the years. The i.d. of your bike is not in question so the missing last digit is really unimportant other than it being a fluke stamping. The early 1966 stampings were a good example of messed up stampings leaving the year letter omitted but had the space.

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Thanks for the info!

Derrick Menssen

 

[indianaderrick]

That looks nothing like the 9, it certainly looks like a backward C and unlike the other digits.

Thanks for your reply. I was wondering if I was the only one seeing the backword C!

Derrick Menssen

 

[Metacortex]

Well we know it isn't a "C", either forwards or backwards as only numbers were stamped in that position. I still believe it is a 9, however it might also be a 3. We won't know for sure what it is until the fender/strut clamp is removed and a proper in-focus picture is taken.

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