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

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I think there's more numbers after the "J20" but they're faint and hard to read.
Yeah, I tried to scrape the area, but honestly it doesn't look like there is any more under there.
I'm not convinced that there aren't more, but I am hard pressed to reveal them.
I hesitate to sand more off but I guess I just may have to.
 
Yeah, I tried to scrape the area, but honestly it doesn't look like there is any more under there.
I'm not convinced that there aren't more, but I am hard pressed to reveal them.
I hesitate to sand more off but I guess I just may have to.
I'm not sure sanding would help. You've got enough to tell the year, that's the part that interests most people. I'm guessing the frame matched the fork before someone painted it.
 
Am I just tired or is it not possible to edit my post? I swear I can't find the link to edit it.
I wanted to add this to my montage.

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Here's a 1958 Skyrider that someone converted to a stationary exercise bicycle. I bought it for the wheels, but there's a couple of interesting points about it. First, the headbadge is painted instead of a riveted plate, this is the first time I've seen that. Second, the serial number starts with "H" and is on the bottom bracket. Back in post #458 I said I hadn't seen a 1958 with the serial on the bottom bracket. Well now I have.
So now it looks like the 1958 and 1959 serials ("H" and "J") can be either on the left drop-out with a letter and a six digit number, or under the bottom bracket with a letter and a five digit number. My best guess is that the two different types of serials were used in Cleveland and Little Rock, and AMF was producing bikes both places during those years. But it's only a guess, if somebody has good evidence otherwise, post it - you won't hurt my feelings.

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So based on the crank, compared to other bikes in this thread, and the chart this frame, B14910, is a 1937 (with lots of other parts on it now).

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Im submitting my "angle-iron-cruiser" for this list. I believe this to be an original 1945 black-out model CWC as none of the normally plated parts appear to have ever been plated at any point and have a black hue to all of them. Ive dealt with ALOT of severely rusty bikes and normally there is SOME plating left somewhere but on this one its nowhere, even down to the headtube and bottom bracket cups.
The only thing on this bike that has any plating is the dust cover on the rear Morrow hub and it has held up well for the most part.

No CW stamp present near the serial number anywhere, D prefix. Relaxed curvature in the downtube....etc

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I'd love to figure out the brand and model. I think I have this narrowed down to 1940-41. Correct me, if I'm wrong, please. H62767
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Fender mounting tab on the fork.
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This same arrowhead graphic is on the down tube, but very faded.
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Pennant shaped graphics on the rear fender. One says Wake Forest. Another says South Carolina. Can't make out any of the other graphics.
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Can that arrow head be pinned to a particular brand?
 
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