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What Year Is This Schwinn?

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it is a shorty frame and the seat post tube is a highboy....indicate that it is a 46 .... hard to tell but the top tube would most likely be hump back ....NICE
 
My old 46

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After checking the SN's I found there are no 1952 numbers that match the 46 serial numbers. The OP says the number comes up for 1952 and 1957 so he probably used the quick lookup on the Schwinncruisers site. The B and C+5 serials were used in 1953 along with 52-57 & 47. Posting the SN and location here sure would have made it easier.
Not trying to be a smart a** here, but how can you compare 1952 numbers to 1946 numbers when the pre-48 records were lost in the fire? With as many times as I've seen serial numbers used multiple times, it seems plausible the number could have been used in '46 also.
 
Not trying to be a smart a** here, but how can you compare 1952 numbers to 1946 numbers when the pre-48 records were lost in the fire? With as many times as I've seen serial numbers used multiple times, it seems plausible the number could have been used in '46 also.

Collectors have been able to put together a pretty good chart of the pre 48 numbers based on a number of factors. V/r Shawn
 
Not trying to be a smart a** here, but how can you compare 1952 numbers to 1946 numbers when the pre-48 records were lost in the fire? With as many times as I've seen serial numbers used multiple times, it seems plausible the number could have been used in '46 also.
52 numbers have a letter and 6 digits....mid 48 they start having 6 digits after the letter. Before that it's letter plus 5... this applies to bb stampings... so up to 52... 53 it's stamped on the dropout... and starts over again ish

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Tapered stand is not a true indicator of a '46. I had a '47 that had the tapered stand and believe at least one other person her on the forum had a '47 with the tapered stand as well. V/r Shawn
I had a early 47 b6,odd duck as it was,dogleg crank,drop centers,41 only lock and key in the springer, raised as bolt for the seat post clamp,later tapered kickstand,same radius as the later kickstand,oh yeah,"c" serial number,too.

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52 numbers have a letter and 6 digits....mid 48 they start having 6 digits after the letter. Before that it's letter plus 5... this applies to bb stampings... so up to 52... 53 it's stamped on the dropout... and starts over again ish

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Aaaaah, but wait. The 1952 numbers have a letter and 5 digits. 1952 was also when the SN's started being stamped on the rear dropout. 1953 also has a letter and 5 digits so this is how I figured out the bike is a 47 model from what info the OP first posted. By the way, the SN with the letter and 6 digits started in April 58 when the numbers were stamped on the dropout.

(1952) Date ------------- Serial #`s From ----------------- To
01/01 to 01/07 ------- A87594 ------------------ A92478
01/08 ------------------ A92479 ------------------ A97866
01/09 ------------------ A97867 ------------------ E00434
01/10 to 01/14 ------- B00435 ------------------ E05720

02/06 to 01/07 ------- B05721 ------------------ E12209
02/12 to 02/19 ------- B12210 ------------------ B33998
03/04 to 03/31 ------- B33999 ------------------ B78697
04/04 to 04/30 ------- B78698 ------------------ E99356
05/01 ------------------ B99357 ------------------ B99999

And here is the 1947 info?
1947 SN's BXXXXX CXXXXX with possibly a few higher AXXXXX numbers
 
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