Why so many December ‘80 frames?

[birdzgarage]

The badge is stamped 1212

 

[GTs58]

The badge is stamped 1212

Geeze!!!!! WTH was going on with Schwinn after the strike??????? Utter chaos!

 

[ogre]

Here's an MR Typhoon frame (from local dealership closeout haul) that currently resides on my garage wall. I can't read the headbadge number on this photograph, but could revisit when midwestern weather is more favorable.

 

[GTs58]

Here's an MR Typhoon frame (from local dealership closeout haul) that currently resides on my garage wall. I can't read the headbadge number on this photograph, but could revisit when midwestern weather is more favorable.

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Looks like 0912 to me!

 

[Rusty Klunker]

Here's an MR Typhoon frame (from local dealership closeout haul) that currently resides on my garage wall. I can't read the headbadge number on this photograph, but could revisit when midwestern weather is more favorable.

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Looks like 0912

 

[ogre]

I was reading it upside-downwards!

 

[birdzgarage]

Haha! That made me look again.yeah me too.looking at it the right way,it looks like 2721 and not 1212 as i posted yesterday.damn those are small numbers.

 

[GTs58]

Haha! That made me look again.yeah me too.looking at it the right way,it looks like 2721 and not 1212 as i posted yesterday.damn those are small numbers.

I'll put the two together. Badge # 2721

 

[StrayDog]

Hey Everyone,

First time posting, long time lurking. Here is an interesting cruiser I’ve been working on. I purchased this bike about a year ago but I just recently started the overhaul process. What I find interesting about this cruiser is that the head tube has a serial stamp that begins with GR (July 1980) but the head badge is stamped “3650” which would indicate this bicycle was manufactured on Tuesday Dec 30th, 1980 (Leap year). This means this bicycle, in theory, would have been manufactured during the strike in Chicago (that has been discussed in this thread). I have a few of these cruisers (1980-1984) but this is definitely the latest-dated head badge I’ve seen for 1980 and maybe the earliest-dated spicy chestnut cruiser I’ve seen.The stem, bars, cranks, fork and hub are all dated 80.

Hope you find this interesting as well and thank you all for the great knowledge that is shared on this forum.

 

[GTs58]

It was written somewhere that Schwinn had approximately 1800 workers during this time and here it says 1450 walked off the job and were on strike stopping Schwinn's production. Looks like a few hung around and built your Cruiser @StrayDog ..