Help With Today’s Find

[ADKBIKES]

put a new cover on that seat I might have some grips , show a better picture of the pedals. great find

 

[OldJunker69]

put a new cover on that seat I might have some grips , show a better picture of the pedals. great find

Thank you I’ll try to get a picture of them pedals for you today I think they might be newer than the bike but I’m not sure I’d definitely like to make everything correct

 

[OldJunker69]

put a new cover on that seat I might have some grips , show a better picture of the pedals. great find

Here is a picture I just took sorry it’s not the best it’s pretty dark in my room o’ crap and it’s raining outside I can get you a better picture on a nicer day keep me posted about the grips I may be interested I also have stuff to trade for parts

 

[JBone]

GREAT find… An old brush painted Schwinn bicycle is a thing to behold.

Congratulations!

 

[OldJunker69]

Thank you it’s definitely one of my favorites

 

[Freqman1]

The rack is easy to find and I believe you can even get a repo already painted red. You’d just have to knock the paint down a little to match the patina of the rest of the bike. As is I’d say a $400-500 bike.

 

[AS-1]

That’s great, thank you I’ll be on the lookout for one of those lights hopefully I can find one in similar condition to the bike I’m not talented enough to do a repaint with the different designs it has so I will probably keep it like it is also the brush paint it has now kind of gives it character

Old Junker,

Please forgive me. In my haste, I made a typographical error above. I just corrected the error. Your bike is a 1951 Model D19 "fully equipped standard boys bicycle" as seen below in the 1951 Schwinn Customer Handout catalog. It is not a 1951 Schwinn Hornet.

The Schwinn Model D19 was not identified as Model D19 Hornet until 1952, seen below in the 1952 Schwinn Customer handout catalog.

Further, please note, in the following never-before-seen 1951 SCHWINN BUILT BICYCLES price list dated Jan. 15, 1951, that the Schwinn Model D19 is referred to as "equipped," the same description used in the advertising copy found in the 1951 catalog cut shown above. Please also note that there is not a Model D19 Hornet mentioned in the 1951 price list found in the Findley/Schwinn scans (seen below) on the Waterford site.

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It should further be noted that the blue price list shown elsewhere in this thread is the 1952 Schwinn Price (seen below) which many have mistakenly assumed was the price list for 1951.

The confusion has arisen, in part, because of a date found printed in the 1952 list. The date, found enclosed in parentheses, was included to signify that Schwinn was in compliance the Federal Government's regulations controlling product pricing. The Citation, "OPS Special Order 585 under CPR 7 Section 43 dated August 27, 1951" was a federal regulatory statute. OPS stands for "Office of Price Stabilization" and the statute is herein quoted. Given studious research, the entire statute can by found in The Federal Register, and has been widely researched in the past. Again, the date August 27, 1951, had absolutely nothing to do with date the price list was first published.

By taking a closer look, it becomes apparent that neither the D24 Spitfire nor the C14 Superior, found on both Schwinn dated price lists shown above, reappear on the blue price list shown below. Again, the blue price list is the Schwinn 1952 Price list. The D19 Hornet is mentioned for the first time on this list.

 

[GTs58]

@AS-1 ... Here's the copy of the 1951 list you posted. The D-19 is listed on that sheet. It starts with D-12 then D-13 then D-19. The D-19 was a Hornet and when they actually put a name on that bike in the paperwork is really irrelevant.

 

[AS-1]

D19 "Equipped" seen in the 1950 Schwinn Dealer Catalog.

D19 "Equipped" seen in the 1951 Customer Handout catalog and on two separate dated price list.

D19 Hornet seen in the 1952 Customer Handout catalog and on the blue 1952 price list.

1952 is the first year the name "Hornet" was mentioned. The Hornet was introduced in 1952.

 

[OldJunker69]

I would like to thank everybody who contributed to my quest for answers I’m blown away it sounds like I found a pretty good bike I will be sure to keep everyone updated as I start piecing it together and get it cleaned up you guys are awesome 👍