Cleveland Welding S/N Project...See Page 58 Post 576 for chart

[szathmarig]

Original paint Early Postwar CWC Hawthorne with Airliner light, and horn.

 

[Freqman1]

Christmas Roadmaster, I also have a matching girls versionView attachment 1312841

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Just curious what makes this a “Christmas” Roadmaster? I’ve seen people incorrectly refer to the ‘53 green bikes as Christmas bikes but the fact is the color was offered the entire year. For ‘54 did they just offer this color at the end of the year? V/r Shawn

 

[szathmarig]

I just called it Christmas because of the color. I don't know when it offered. All I know it is stamped 54.

 

[Oilit]

Just curious what makes this a “Christmas” Roadmaster? I’ve seen people incorrectly refer to the ‘53 green bikes as Christmas bikes but the fact is the color was offered the entire year. For ‘54 did they just offer this color at the end of the year? V/r Shawn

Was that the whole 1953 range or just the Luxury Liner?

 

[Freqman1]

Was that the whole 1953 range or just the Luxury Liner?

I thought it was pretty much across the board. Literature is scattered on the postwar CWC stuff. Maybe we’ll get a companion to the prewar book at some point. V/r Shawn

 

[szathmarig]

Western Flyer badged.

 

[John Gailey]

Diggin' that buddy seat.

 

[szathmarig]

I sold the pal seat.

 

[Hukah]

I've got what seems like what might be a mystery.
The only stamping I can see is "J20". Is that possible?
The arced, tapering dbl top bars and "J" (according to the posted manual) indicates '46.
This is a Whizzer edition but from what I've read Whizzer started with Roadmaster in '47, calling it a 226WH.

What's the consensus on this one?

Thanks group

 

[Oilit]

I've got what seems like what might be a mystery.
The only stamping I can see is "J20". Is that possible?
The arced, tapering dbl top bars and "J" (according to the posted manual) indicates '46.
This is a Whizzer edition but from what I've read Whizzer started with Roadmaster in '47, calling it a 226WH.

What's the consensus on this one?

Thanks group



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I think there's more numbers after the "J20" but they're faint and hard to read.