1940s dx ?

[GTs58]

has the 'electro ridge' on the BB.. nails it down to a 5 year span I think.. 46-51..

AI does it again! ROTFLMAO!

 

[fatbike]

has the 'electro ridge' on the BB.. nails it down to a 5 year span I think.. 46-51..

Thank you

 

[Porkchop & Applesauce]

Gt is the man to listen to on this topic. He’s been heavily researching these for along time

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Typically when top tube and lower are the same diameter "1946" postwar Schwinn....

Rafael ~

 

[BFGforme]

has the 'electro ridge' on the BB.. nails it down to a 5 year span I think.. 46-51..

The V I strikes again…lol

 

[GTs58]

has the 'electro ridge' on the BB.. nails it down to a 5 year span I think.. 46-51..

Here's a 1943 BB shell @billyjones .. The Schwinn BB seam continued until Schwinn shut the Chicago factory completely down in 1983.

@fatbike , I'm going to say your DX is a late 1946 model.

 

[billyjones]

The V I strikes again…lol

consensus said its a 48.. why you trollin?

 

[fatbike]

consensus said its a 48.. why you trollin?

Some confusion here. How is J later than K?

Thanks

 

[Oilit]

Some confusion here. How is J later than K?

Thanks

@GTs58 has convinced me that the sudden restrictions due to the war combined with the development of new features for the post-war bikes left the serial numbers pretty well scrambled. I'm guessing that when production ramped up again the first priority was just to clear the backlog. Most numbers follow a rough sequence but there are some glaring exceptions, especially just post-war.

 

[fatbike]

@GTs58 has convinced me that the sudden restrictions due to the war combined with the development of new features for the post-war bikes left the serial numbers pretty well scrambled. I'm guessing that when production ramped up again the first priority was just to clear the backlog. Most numbers follow a rough sequence but there are some glaring exceptions, especially just post-war.

Makes sense.