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Interesting Schwinn BF Goodrich ad

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rustjunkie

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Thanks to Spoker for sending a (early?) post-WWII catalog.
Found this interesting:

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Was this light produced?
Yes this is a drawing, but it's drastically different from the actual lights I've seen.
Seems odd that the artist would draw something so different from a part or photograph.
 
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I would be interested to know what the date of this ad is and to see a corresponding model chart. V/r Shawn
 
catalog was fore 1950,latter brake pics prolly werent avail yet,catalogs are made before the release date
 
Prewar artwork in postwar catalog!

thanks to spoker for sending a (early?) post-wwii catalog.
Found this interesting:

img107sm-1.jpg


img107sm01-1.jpg


was this light produced?
Yes this is a drawing, but it's drastically different from the actual lights i've seen.
Seems odd that the artist would draw something so different from a part or photograph.

very interesting!
The high low drum brake could be a leftover from prewar artwork
as well as the locking fork cut which shows cycle lock bolt projecting
directly into head tube without the locking bearing cut!

The carrier brake light artwork may also be a proposed design from
prewar likewise about 1941, that were never produced that way.

The earliest ad i have seen was of a photo ad with the current design
showing up on the b 6 from about 1948, with the brake light housing
painted the same color as the bike. I have a copy of the photo ad, but
it is to large to post on this site.
 
High / Low fore brake would be prewar wouldn't it?
JKent
Newb question, when you say high/low, you are referring to the flange, right? My 49 B6 with the fore brake has the large flange on the non drum side. Still learning terminology. Thanks Joe.
 
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