=☆ DX thread ??☆=

[jesus]

Most of the earliest postwar bikes I’ve seen seem to be dx models. Any one else noticed that?

Absolutely pork chops you are on it
in my experience the DX has always been the most common frame in 45 and 46

 

[BF2485]

Hard to say what that means. Thanks for the photo! Maybe someone else might know?

my bike is a mystery

 

[Porkchop & Applesauce]

pic of seatpost bolt ? mine had a weird bolt in it , no AS stamped on it

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What an unusual dx!! Love it! Never seen that style seat post bolt either! So frickin cool! My 46 seat post bolt

 

[BF2485]

What an unusual dx!! Love it! Never seen that style seat post bolt either! So frickin cool! My 46 seat post bolt

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ive never seen 1 like that , but i have heard about it !

 

[Porkchop & Applesauce]

ive never seen 1 like that , but i have heard about it !

I’ve seen a lot of seat post bolts but yours is the first on I’ve seen like that! First time I’ve ever seen that style of kick stand retaining pin also! Really amazing find! Hope you keep it as found!!

 

[BF2485]

I’ve seen a lot of seat post bolts but yours is the first on I’ve seen like that! First time I’ve ever seen that style of kick stand retaining pin also! Really amazing find! Hope you keep it as found!!

my buddy is gonna go through it mechanically for me , he has 40 years experience with old Schwinns, and i never paint my bikes

 

[Porkchop & Applesauce]

my buddy is gonna go through it mechanically for me , he has 40 years experience with old Schwinns, and i never paint my bikes

Thank goodness!! That’s one heck of a barn find!

 

[BF2485]

The drop outs on my 46 measured .130 thousandth’s

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i haven't measured mine , i dont have a fancy measuring device like you

 

[GTs58]

Most of the earliest postwar bikes I’ve seen seem to be dx models. Any one else noticed that?

Yup, most of the ones showing up so far are DX models with a few straight bars thrown in for fun. Not one cantiliver frame though. I'm pretty sure some lightweights were made but they stayed pretty much the same as the war time pieces other than the new kickstands and fender braces. No signs of frame changes other than the stand tube and their new post war dropouts what had the rear hole for fender braces where the pre and war time pieces did not have with the early 1940 style dropouts. Schwinn was also working on the new Continental models and I'm presuming those may have had an early pre-post war production before Sept 2nd 1945 and those pieces were dressed much different that the later 1946 models.

 

[markivpedalpusher]

39dx