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nwcudaman
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Hi all. Ok, I'll try to keep this short to be polite!
I'm about to pull my hair out on this one. Parts on it point to pre war, others post war. Serial number is too early to nail down with the data base. So I'll give the basics.
Locking forks
New departure rear hub
Front drum
Springer
Head tube badge says "The World"
Tube going down from head tube says what I believe is "World Imperial"
Sprocket looks to be pre war
Front fender has been I.D. as something other than Schwinn
Has glass Schwinn reflector on rear fender
Rear wheel enters from the front and not back like I'd think a post war would.
One guy seems to think it's both. By that he is saying the frame was made AFTER they started production again after the war, but parts were left over from pre war
Colors are
Prime "Blue With white and red pin striping between the blue and white.
I've started cleaning and polishing it up, these pictures were taken as I found it. It's cleaning up fairly well so far. Rear fender I've gotten most of the dings out of now and there was one screw that was wrong so I've replaced that with the correct one now. Long way to go. Also, I need to get a correct master link as the one on it gets stuck and pops when coming off of the rear end. But it's riding nice. Also noted is that the front truss rods are missing. Broken pieces are still in the springer. The key is not the stock one, but works fine. Any info or pics of what this bike looked like when new would be nice. I'm on the fence about restoring it. It kinda looks cool as is now that It's getting cleaned up some. It's near impossible to search for the strut rods, fender and stuff without knowing what I've got. All the searching I've been doing has gotten me only fairly close, but have not been able to nail this one.
Im located in Oregon and would love to talk to someone who knows these old springers. I've spent my life doing Sting Rays, and this is my first springer I've ever had the chance to get my hands on. I'm feeling pretty lucky to have it.
I've also got another old Schwinn with a head tube badge I've not been able to find another like. The badge is made of plastic!. And is an odd shape. I think it's from the 50's if I recall right. It's sitting in the barn waiting for me to decide what to do with it.
I'm about to pull my hair out on this one. Parts on it point to pre war, others post war. Serial number is too early to nail down with the data base. So I'll give the basics.
Locking forks
New departure rear hub
Front drum
Springer
Head tube badge says "The World"
Tube going down from head tube says what I believe is "World Imperial"
Sprocket looks to be pre war
Front fender has been I.D. as something other than Schwinn
Has glass Schwinn reflector on rear fender
Rear wheel enters from the front and not back like I'd think a post war would.
One guy seems to think it's both. By that he is saying the frame was made AFTER they started production again after the war, but parts were left over from pre war
Colors are
Prime "Blue With white and red pin striping between the blue and white.
I've started cleaning and polishing it up, these pictures were taken as I found it. It's cleaning up fairly well so far. Rear fender I've gotten most of the dings out of now and there was one screw that was wrong so I've replaced that with the correct one now. Long way to go. Also, I need to get a correct master link as the one on it gets stuck and pops when coming off of the rear end. But it's riding nice. Also noted is that the front truss rods are missing. Broken pieces are still in the springer. The key is not the stock one, but works fine. Any info or pics of what this bike looked like when new would be nice. I'm on the fence about restoring it. It kinda looks cool as is now that It's getting cleaned up some. It's near impossible to search for the strut rods, fender and stuff without knowing what I've got. All the searching I've been doing has gotten me only fairly close, but have not been able to nail this one.
Im located in Oregon and would love to talk to someone who knows these old springers. I've spent my life doing Sting Rays, and this is my first springer I've ever had the chance to get my hands on. I'm feeling pretty lucky to have it.
I've also got another old Schwinn with a head tube badge I've not been able to find another like. The badge is made of plastic!. And is an odd shape. I think it's from the 50's if I recall right. It's sitting in the barn waiting for me to decide what to do with it.
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