wartime shelby lightweight??

[ADVHOG]

I got this today off the eBay. All parts are blackout, paint looks shelby to me, no holes for a badge. Tires are 26 x 1.375. Any help?

 

[ADVHOG]

Rims may have been OD green?

 

[blasterracing]

I got this today off the eBay. All parts are blackout, paint looks shelby to me, no holes for a badge. Tires are 26 x 1.375. Any help?

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Definitely a Shelby Wartime bike. Some had headbadges while others didn't. Shelby referred to them as the Shelby Americycle bikes. Nice find.

Tim Newmeyer
Shelby, Ohio
419-512-3237

 

[ADVHOG]

Thank you for the info Tim! I'll post some pics after I clean her up...

 

[blasterracing]

Thank you for the info Tim! I'll post some pics after I clean her up...

You are most welcome. Would love to see pics of it when you get it all cleaned. Nice to see Shelby bikes staying around the area.
Here is my lightweight along with an ad for them.

Tim

 

[HARPO]

Looks a bit like my women's War-Time Columbia...complete with tires stamped "WAR"...