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1939 Westfield built Victory Bicycles D98 with 3-speed

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3-speeder

Wore out three sets of tires already!
Picked up this 1939 Men's Sports Tourist. It has to be my coolest bike now. It has a Phillips Superior rear hub, looks double-sided. The saddle has 1939 stamped into the metal on the underside rear. Torrington model 7 pedals. 21" frame. Not too bad of condition considering it's age. The repaint isn't too bad except for that the headbadge is missing. Not familiar with these so what do you think looks original, and what's not.
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Thanks very much for sharing this wonderful find! ;)

You wrote -

"The saddle has 1939 stamped into the metal on the underside rear."

This portion of the saddle frame is termed the cantle.

The D/S hub is an excellent feature. Sometimes referred to as a "training hub."

Are you able to read a maker's name on the gear block body? Cyclo perhaps?

Your usual outstanding job with the photo documentation. :D

http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Rota_derailleurs.html
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Thanks for the link, great info. Spot on as always. Found no markings on the gear block yet. Will get photos up with any new findings during rejuvenation process.
 
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Lettuce know if you should discover any markings on stem/bar.

Bars sometimes bear markings on the end, beneath the handgrip.

Grips somewhat reminiscent of Dare.

Take your time and have lots of good fun with this... :wink:

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Saddle -

Surprised it has no maker's mark on the side in the area of the two small lacing holes.

The shape and placement of the integral bag loops may narrow the possibilities.

It might help the experts if you could make an image showing the underside of the nose.

We need to hear from Rudy - @rhm - on this.

He will likely I.D. it in a jiffy.

Thinking "Wrights" for some reason...but probably wrong as usual. :blush:

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History/Usage -

The presence of the newspaper rack suggests it was employed by a young man for his delivery route when in its early life.

Suspect tyres may be OEM. Given their tread we are not talking "high mileage" here...

Guessing it has enjoyed snoozing in indoor storage for over seventy years.

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One of the latest images shows a bit of the gear block's face plate...but alas, not eno' for any reading.

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Thank you!

Had not dawned on me dull braine that she might be a four-wire. :flushed:

Should greatly narrow the possibilities...

btw - you might have a go at removing some of the ferrous oxide deposition on the front of the clip to divine if there be a marking abiding thither...

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