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I'm not sure. I've got a 1953 Roadmaster that's straight and original, but the paint is flaking off in several places and shows some kind of aluminum primer.

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Thanks Oilit, I just posted on the CWC serial number page.

I spent a few minutes dusting the bike last night and noticed shiny metal under the a spot of flaking paint on the rear fender. Magnet confirmed steel, but it looks like it could have been chromed before paint?

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I remember seeing this too, but I think it's just bare virgin steel, no primer under the paint.
 
I'm not sure. I've got a 1953 Roadmaster that's straight and original, but the paint is flaking off in several places and shows some kind of aluminum primer.

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This would be the undercoating that makes the "candy" red on your bike glow like it does. Sometimes they used gold instead of silver. BTW, is that a Flying Falcon?
 
@Dave Stromberger, Good eye! I bought this on EBay out of Toledo OH, but the seller said he picked it up at an estate sale, so I don't know the history. Do you know when these came out? I'd heard 1954, but this one has "53Cw" under the crank. Maybe a mid-year introduction?

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@99 bikes, I just noticed that you don't have a good picture of your rear hub. A lot of those coaster brake hubs can't be dated, but some can. If you've got a good picture, it might be worth posting.
 
@99 bikes, There's another feature you can check, the early CWC's had the rear axle plates bead welded into the chain stays, later they were spot-welded. I don't know the year they changed over, but I think it was pre-war, so spot welds could be either, but bead welds would point to a pre-war bike.
 
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