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Colson project, show me your Colson Project!!!

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June of 1937.
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I'd say most likely a '41
What year did Colson switch to forward facing dropouts, thought it was 41? I was just going off the two digit code (7F) but there were other clues there (like the non-skiptooth crankset) that should have made me think twice. Still learning...
 
What year did Colson switch to forward facing dropouts, thought it was 41? I was just going off the two digit code (7F) but there were other clues there (like the non-skiptooth crankset) that should have made me think twice. Still learning...
1/2" pitch Colsons started showing up in '40 (I believe), about the time the 26" looptail frame was introduced. When Colson began manufacturing bikes again in '49, the first bikes still had rearward-facing forkends, then switched over to forward-facing dropouts.
 
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