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[Drosentreter]

Recently got this dx.
Bottom bracket serial starts with an R.
R56228 or R66228 or R86228
What year might this be?
TIA
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Has to be postwar. The kickstand bracket is on a 45 degree angle…

 

[Drosentreter]

Early early postwar though. 1946ish

 

[oimakoi]

Has to be postwar. The kickstand bracket is on a 45 degree angle…

Yes. I went through the schwinn serial numbers thread but could not find an “R” serial.

 

[oimakoi]

Early early postwar though. 1946ish

Yes. I went through the schwinn serial numbers thread but could not find an “R” serial.

 

[Drosentreter]

Yes. I went through the schwinn serial numbers thread but could not find an “R” serial.

We’ll Darn. I’m not sure then.

 

[RustyHornet]

Yes. I went through the schwinn serial numbers thread but could not find an “R” serial.

Look at 1955. 5/03-5/05.

 

[Oilit]

Look at 1955. 5/03-5/05.

1955 numbers were on the left drop-out. Any serial under the bottom bracket was before 1952, unless you've seen something I haven't.

 

[RustyHornet]

1955 numbers were on the left drop-out. Any serial under the bottom bracket was before 1952, unless you've seen something I haven't.

I’ll have to confirm mine at home. I don’t argue your point at all, but there is no “R” until 1955 according to our lists here on the forum. He could pull the crank, but even that’s a 50/50 shot on it having a date. Come to think of it, were the cranks dated in these years? I’m having a brain fart having been more involved with the prewar stuff in the last few years.

 

[Oilit]

I’ll have to confirm mine at home. I don’t argue your point at all, but there is no “R” until 1955 according to our lists here on the forum. He could pull the crank, but even that’s a 50/50 shot on it having a date. Come to think of it, were the cranks dated in these years? I’m having a brain fart having been more involved with the prewar stuff in the last few years.

I've got a New World with a "U" serial under the bottom bracket and a '49 dated hub and it doesn't appear on the list either. From some of @GTs58's posts, there was a lot going on at Schwinn when they were ramping production back up after the war and trying to get the "electroforging" process straightened out. Keeping the serial numbers in a rational order doesn't seem to have been the first priority.

 

[RustyHornet]

I've got a New World with a "U" serial under the bottom bracket and a '49 dated hub and it doesn't appear on the list either. From some of @GTs58's posts, there was a lot going on at Schwinn when they were ramping production back up after the war and trying to get the "electroforging" process straightened out. Keeping the serial numbers in a rational order doesn't seem to have been the first priority.

100% agree with that. I’ll also mention, when you look at that stamped serial, it does oddly look like a prewar stamping circa 1937. Size, shape and closeness of the digits. Obviously it’s not a prewar, but it looks most unusual based on my post war experience.