Can someone please help me identify what I have here?

[Eric]

I got this bike in a recent deal and I did not think much about it. There was not one original part on it so I stripped it down to the frame and put a set of mid 30s triple drop centers on it. I can see the forks are from a different bike but they work. Here are some pics... let me know what you think I have here.

Thanks,
Eric

 

[Eric]

Here is the serial number

 

[tripple3]

Schwinn C model straight bar frame with a Colson Fork I think

 

[Eric]

So I also went ahead and stripped the house paint off of it and found some very beat up original paint underneath. Here are a couple shots of the original paint... also black.

 

[Freqman1]

Like Tripple said straightbar Schwinn-1938 with all wrong stuff on it. V/r Shawn

 

[Eric]

Thanks guys, I was hoping I had a holy grail.

 

[tripple3]

Looks like a great rider. It also appears to be a 19" frame. I love my 36 with all the wrong stuff on it.

 

[Eric]

Here is something else I found out about this bike. There was this very old piece of paper in the seat tube. This paper may have been there since 1938. It is a carbon copy and was written on an impact typewriter.

Check it out.

 

[tripple3]

Super cool.
I have a 22 tooth front gear on mine making it a great rider; may have been original.....

Pictured here with tank and Chrome drop centers.

 

[rustjunkie]

Not a Colson fork. A few ways to ID a colson of this style:
Parallel plates
Fender bolt hole
Truss rod ears off lower plate