Elgin bike ID help

[Rivnut]

I'm being redundant here but I'm hoping it might be worth it. I asked for the same info on the balloon bike forum but didn't get any response. Can anyone identify the year of this Elgin?

Weird pedals, anyone know what they are?

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Murray may at one time have stamped Sears bikes with an "S".
Murray may have stamped 1939 bikes with a "D".
The replacement fork looks like the 1948-50 Wald Patent 2,532,034.

 

[mazdaflyer]

With the straight downtube I’d say 1939, 1940 and later had curved down tubes I think.


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[Rivnut]

I'm going with 1939. While perusing the internet for pictures, I came across a picture of a very similar '39 that also had an SD XXXX serial number. Now to figure out which one of the companies built it. Thanks for your input.

 

[mazdaflyer]

I'm going with 1939. While perusing the internet for pictures, I came across a picture of a very similar '39 that also had an SD XXXX serial number. Now to figure out which one of the companies built it. Thanks for your input.

Droupout looks like a Murray build.


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[Rivnut]

A friend here locally said the same about the chain ring. I was suspect because the serial number didn't fall into line with the M-O system on that thread.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Yes, D is '39, and these early Murray builts only have the year letter, and in this case, an S for Sears.