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Update on the Westfield Motobike frame. Patric and Archie Sturmer found two badges that fit the shadow. Interesting that the Stutz badge has a similar design to the Stormer but the detail of three lines sweeping to a dot/ball look much less like a fertility symbol on the Stutz, but it is a design for a Minnesota company so maybe they toned it down a bit?...
The white/cream paint behind it on this bike matches whats still on my frame.
The frame was originally red, that Indian red that's on so many motorbikes. I pulled out the crank and took the forks apart yesterday, plenty of red paint flakes and residual red paint inside the tubes. So far there seems to be almost nothing of the red left on the frame, just heavy black house paint.
More cleaning revealed that the serial number may start with F or E. If "L" was 1920 for Westfield frames and they skipped "I" ( couple references to this on other CABE posts) that would put this frame at 1914 or 1915?
Can anyone confirm this fork/truss setup was used by Westfield in the teens era?
The cone was installed upside down when I took it apart, but I guess it worked and gave the caged bearings a hard surface to roll on.
And a shot of the crank for good measure .
The white/cream paint behind it on this bike matches whats still on my frame.
The frame was originally red, that Indian red that's on so many motorbikes. I pulled out the crank and took the forks apart yesterday, plenty of red paint flakes and residual red paint inside the tubes. So far there seems to be almost nothing of the red left on the frame, just heavy black house paint.
More cleaning revealed that the serial number may start with F or E. If "L" was 1920 for Westfield frames and they skipped "I" ( couple references to this on other CABE posts) that would put this frame at 1914 or 1915?
Can anyone confirm this fork/truss setup was used by Westfield in the teens era?
The cone was installed upside down when I took it apart, but I guess it worked and gave the caged bearings a hard surface to roll on.
And a shot of the crank for good measure .
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