1930s shelby

A friend picked this one up for me at memory lane. I'm trying to determine what is all correct on it, fenders, handlebars. wheels, etc... I have been told the front fender light is for a prewar rollfast. If anyone has any insight or parts for this bike, just let me know. send a pm. Also, Perhaps someone has an ad that would help pin point the year as well as possible options, tank, fender light, etc.

Thanks!
Dave

Ok. Well, first off, being Dr. Shelby, i want this bike. Your rack, seat, guard, and headlight are incorrect. So do me a favor and sell the rest to me. Pm me if you're interested.

The bike is a pre-1939 according to the fork.

Well, the truss rods say 1937, yet the chainring says 1939...... btw, i want this bike....

Front fender has one flat brace, one postwar embossed brace. The flat brace is correct being a 1937-39. Rear fender had a delta defender taillight which appears to be hanging from the top tube.....

That was my old bike. Hope to see it on the road again.


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I'd put it at a 37. Headlight, Chain guard, rack and seat not so. Rear light is ok. This model is shown in John Polizzi's Shelby book Pages 51/52 and list it as either a model ae 750 or a 705. Both pic show it with the same chainring. Nice find....Id be happy to have it.
Tom

Thanks so far for the feedback. This is all very helpful.

Nice shelby but i never seen one with this style frame before intresting!!

Nice bike. Could also be a 1936 model, chainring was available then too. The AE 750 had the electrical equipment, taillight and headlight. The headlight was probably a Delta horn lite but could've been a silver ray. Can't find the catalog view of this model with a tank, swear I've seen one. Pretty sure there was a single bar with a tank on here awhile ago. In my opinion I wouldn't add the tank (unless you know for sure it had one that someone removed) as the single bar is what's unique to this bike. With a tank it looks like all the double bars out there. It's cool as a single bar.

Curious about the front fork. Are the ends slotted for hub removal or are they the holes requiring the fork to be spread to remove the hub? I've had 36 Shelby's that had that style fork. I think by 37 they were slotted (open ended).

If I'm not mistaken, that wheel set was pretty much not used after 36 too.