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1941-42 Schwinn New World

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Front wheel definitely has more crust than the back does, but I like it. Oh yeah, one more part to add to this one.
The devil’s in the details after all...

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Love the spine on him.

My 41 front wheel has the cycle counter nub too but not the counter anymore. :( Must have been popular.
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The blackout BB cups make me think it’s a 42 bike. Early wartime when Schwinn still had chrome parts on hand for almost everything.
 
@Eric Amlie

Thanks. I’m fortunate that my boss lets me work on the bicycles at work when it’s slow;)

@Miq

I would agree on it being a 1942. I just wish it had a few more blackout parts on it. It was very tempting to put a complete set of bottom bracket blackout parts on it. I resisted and left it as found though

@jpromo

when I saw the devil riding inside a tire for sale on eBay, I knew I had to buy it. I got a couple other different ones that were for sale too, so they may show up on other builds in the near future
 
I ran into a problem with the front hub. I need to find new bearings for it. I was not aware, but apparently there are 2 different sizes of bearings/races on the Schwinn script hubs. And unfortunately I don’t have an extra set of the smaller ones that this hub uses
 
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Was a good day at the swap meet today. Scored a couple new tires and a Schwinn script front hub! So now I can finish my front wheel! And the tires will make it rideable now too :)
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The handlebars were bent, so a swap out of bars was in order. New tires went on pretty easily. And finally, I decided to give myself a little more top speed by swapping my hub gear out. Went from a 24 down to a 20. I like it. So now, the last thing I need to do is shorten my chain a little. Too bad my chain breaker tool is at home, and I’m at work

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This is my first venture into lightweight bikes, so I figured this was a good bike to start with. I’ve been wanting a skinny tire bike to ride for a while now and prewar bikes are my favorite. When I saw this one for sale here on the CABE, and it was very close to my house, I jumped on it.
My initial hope was to do a little cleaning and then ride it. But while cleaning it I decided to delve into it further.

I would like to locate a similar one.

Here are the pics I took last Sunday when I picked it up.

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