Sold 1945 Westfield Men's 26" Civilian Blackout Ballooner!

[Krakatoa]

Offered is this nicely preserved 1945 J serial N overcode Men's 26" balloon Civiian model. It sports many blackout finish parts: Torrington script 22" paperboy bars with 'R' stem and turned wood grips, headset and bottom bracket hardware, turned seatpost, 26 t skiptooth gear, Westfield front hub and New Departure D coaster rear hub. The bike has had full mechanical attention with hubs serviced, wheels trued, headset and bottom bracket cleaned and regreased. Other notable parts and features include Person's saddle, super straight ducktail flat braced fenders, B-D heavy duty skip chain w og master, period Goodyear G-3 Airwheel display tires, and Miller kickstand and Meteor 3 pedals. There are holes for a Delta frontloader on the front fender something which would be a nice addition. I added the truss rods and top plate using a longer nos axle and double nuts. The og axle is included. I have another optional handlebar setup~ OG Torrington 26" longhorn blackout bars with 'R' stem and older coke bottle grips! Buffalo NY license plate and Play Safe Rear reflector included. This bike rides smooth and solid!

Your choice of bar setup~

SOLD

Nate VT

Please inquire via PM or call me at 401-548.9082.

 

[HUFFMANBILL]

Nice late war civilian bike. Most likely May - June 1945 from the frame date code, which by the way is N5 not L5, and the serial #. Balloon tire bikes started showing up again after many of the industry wide bicycle restrictions were lifted in Sept., 1944. Now the exception to this would have been the Schwinn specialty bicycle the Cycle-truck. During 1943 and 1944 Schwinn was authorized to manufacture 10,000 Cycle-trucks in each of those years.

Regards,
Bill

 

[Mercian]

Hi Nate, very nice.

The N5 is a May 1945 made frame, and is the latest example I've recorded of this dating system. By bike S/N J48141 Westfield had stopped doing it.

Fantasy, but I can see this as being the type of present a returning GI would buy for his son whom he's not seen for a few years whilst at war....

Best Regards,

Adrian

 

[makah1]

I bet it rides like a dream