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Great. Thanks

That's about what I guessed. Thanks for your help!

Picked up this Hawthorne bike with serial number F135695. Hoping someone might be able to provide approximate year of manufacture and company producing. Thanks

I don't think I will refurbish it. Will soon sell it as it is . I enjoy finding them, cleaning them up a bit, making a few minor repairs and learning about them. Thanks for the clarifications. I really appreciate it.

Thanks. Good to know which category they fall into

I kinda went by year. It said up to 1965. What designates a middleweight bicycle?

Wish I had your tank. They don't appear to be readily available. Lol

Today's find: Serial # L042292 indicates 11/29/1960, Panther 3. To me it looks correct and complete minus the tank. I am no expert, so any input appreciated. A bit weathered. I wondered if there are lenses available for those lights if it turns out that is all they need? They are plastic lights...

I do see a C just right of the 53. It may have been too close to the edge for the W? Does that 53 stand for the year of manufacture? On 2nd look , I do the W inside the C. Thanks

Today's find: 24" Hawthorne Montgomery Ward Boys Bike serial number "G75318 53". It looked terrible when I got it but a couple hours of elbow grease, some wd40, oil and air and I was riding around the yard. Lol. I'm guessing at 1953 because of the 53 stamped on the bottom and don't know if it...

Thank you very much. I'll go with 1955

Thanks. I thought Carlisle Tires were USA

Recent acquisition: This Schwinn Black Phantom serial # R03009. When checking the serial number on line, I received the message that Schwinn had used this serial number twice. Once in April of 1955 and once in November of 1956. I thought someone might know if one build date or the other was for...

Thanks for the clarification. Appreciate your help

I looked it over, no numbers stamped on the fork crown. Is that significant?

I don't see any stamped numbers. Were they in a specific location on the fork? Thanks

Wow, great info. Thank you very much

Picked up today: Older Shapleigh Special. Girl's bike, skip tooth, serial number K130424. Hoping to find out who made it and when. Any help appreciated. Thanks

Picked up today: Old Western Flyer boys bike, skip tooth, serial number appears to be 18527 HEW. I've had no luck finding the right info to identify year of manufacture and who made it. Any input appreciated. Thanks

Picked up today. 1961 Schwinn 3 speed boys Racer. Serial # B133328. Sturmey hub. Higgins 3 speed shifter. I imagine that shifter was not original but thought I would run it by some more knowledgeable folks. Appreciate your input.

I thought it was 1953 and wondered why you sent pictures from 1949. Lol. I was wrong as usual. Great stuff. Thanks a lot for the input

Well I never would have guessed that one. Thanks so much for the clarification.

Looks like 1953. Thanks a bunch!

Today's garage sale find: JC HIGGINS Color Flow in need of attention. Serial number on bottom case looks MOS-N MOD502 251 174144 Looks to be complete minus a tire and the headlight. Not sure of build date. Any help appreciated. Thanks

Excellent! I couldn't seem to locate that serial number info. She's a little older than I thought. That's great. Thank You!

I thought so... Thanks

Found this nice SPIEGEL AIRMAN yesterday. I would guess mid 50's to early 60's. I can't tell from the tag. Maybe Monark made? Any thoughts? Thanks

That's good to know. Thanks

Excellent! Not sure how you knew that , but I'm glad you did. Thanks a lot!

Picked up a Whippet, sold thru H.S.B. in Chicago. Balloon tires, skip tooth, serial # 14-EH 93255. Not much data available. Anyone know who made this for HSB and if the serial number might point to an approx. date? Thanks

That certainly does look like it. Looks like I'm just short the tank and light. Thanks

Thank You.

Fresh out of the barn. WARDS HAWTHORNE girls bike. Numbers on bottom of crank housing seem to indicate 1941. I think it says 14-EM or EH. Serial looks like 116818. I think it would be Snyder built. I have no idea the model, maybe someone will recognize. Thanks

It does have Dunlop on the front but the rear is Schurmann Super. Must have been changed at some point. Thank you very much for the help.

Picked up an old Hercules Tourist bike. I think 1960 or older because of Birmingham tag. Serial number on rear dropout is 1367JF. Not having much luck determining year of manufacture. Can anyone pinpoint the year? Thanks

Thank you very much for such a quick and detailed response. Unfortunately, I don't find any of those dates on this bike. (pictures). I'll just have to go with 70's? at this point. Good eye on the tubes being damaged. Someone must have hit something pretty hard. Both actually have a small...

Picked up this old Peugeot at a sale. Any idea on model or age? Serial number by back wheel 857499. I read that 7 digits were used in the 70's and 8 in the 80's. May 6 was in the 60's? Thanks

Thanks for the help!

Great Thank you

Seems Hawthornes are hard to date. I picked up this one with F123331 stamped by the rear wheel bracket. Anyone know model and year?

Thanks so much for your help. There appears to be an S next to that E, any idea what that means? I had seen a chart that showed MOD as meaning Murray built 1939. I figured MOD was short for model

Lol. Looks like it

Thanks. I hope the pictures post, I'm new at this . I found ELGIN on the coaster brake so assuming it may be an ELGIN bicycle?

Picked up old girls bike with no badge. Has Balloon tires & skip tooth sprocket. Under the sprocket housing is stamped: MOD 502185 and SER. 9037. Any idea what make and age this might be? Thanks