1942 Schwinn Victory Bike

[Bozman]

This is my original War Era Schwinn. I believe it is a 1942. Original paint, Wald Basket, Seat, Bell and War Era tires. Is there a list of Schwinn Serial numbers so I can confirm it's year of manufacture?

 

[rustjunkie]

Great bike!
Are the spoke nipples black too?

 

[momo608]

"On bikes older than 1948 you need to use reference to other, known year bikes,
or pull out the crank to look for a date stamp on it. Doing both is a good idea.
All serial number records before 8/18/1948 were lost in a factory fire."


Check this out, it might be helpful to you.

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/allday101/IDFACTS.html

 

[Bozman]

I'm glad you all enjoy this bike. I have now added a NOS period flashlight holder and flashlight onto it.
Sadly there was no date stamp on the crank. The spokes and the nipples are both black.

 

[Dale Alan]

That is a very nice bike,congrats on a great find.

 

[rustjunkie]

he spokes and the nipples are both black.

Betting the nipples are steel instead of brass too. It's been a long time, but I used to find black spokes and nipples in old bicycle shops. "Black" but not painted, and the nipples were steel. I wonder what the coating was...don't think it was parkerizing, no chalky appearance, looked almost "blued".

 

[Bozman]

Betting the nipples are steel instead of brass too. It's been a long time, but I used to find black spokes and nipples in old bicycle shops. "Black" but not painted, and the nipples were steel. I wonder what the coating was...don't think it was parkerizing, no chalky appearance, looked almost "blued".

They are blued with a deep black blueing. I restore lots of WW2 Victory bikes and have luckily found a supply of black spokes and nipples when I rebuild the wheels. I save all the originals that come off without breaking so I can use them as replace broken spokes on unrestored bikes.

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[rustjunkie]

They are blued with a deep black blueing. I restore lots of WW2 Victory bikes and have luckily found a supply of black spokes and nipples when I rebuild the wheels. I save all the originals that come off without breaking so I can use them as replace broken spokes on unrestored bikes.

Very cool! I've wondered about that for a long time...and now I know where to send any black nipples I come across

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

very nice.

 

[HARPO]

Great bike! It looks a lot like my girls Columbia...