~ ~ ~ March 1942 Colson DEFENDER! ~ ~ ~

[Krakatoa]

A big shout out to Sam, you rock!!

If I try and follow the model/dating 1589 = Men's '39, 1580 = Men's '40, maybe 1581 = Men's '41 and 1582 = Men's '42?

 

[Krakatoa]

The Colson model is supposed to be badged "Featherweight" but I haven't seen a bike thus badged yet. I'm not sure where the concentric ring badged Colsons i.e. SCOUT etc. were marketed, does anyone have a clue? At first I was thinking this bike had alot of unoriginal equipment on it, but now I'm not so sure. This equipment may very well be mostly correct for a Defender badged bike. Here are a few other very interesting clues I've found....

Here on the Cabe a while back....
http://thecabe.com/forum/threads/can-someone-tell-me-about-this-bike.11108/

And this one a closer match with some non-og equipment but...
http://picssr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/favorites/page10?nsid=67397328@N00

 

[Krakatoa]

No mention of the Featherweight in the '41 catalog but there is this Racer Model No. 911 shown with a 1/2" pitch Paisley chainring, says "forged cranks" but pic looks now like a one piece forged crank....

 

[Kstone]

Gorgeous! I was eyeballing her at the swaps. She rides great!

 

[catfish]

The three piece crank is blowing my mind. I thought it was some kind of repair job. But it looks to be factory according to the catalog.

 

[cds2323]

That's a nice bike. Really like that head badge.

 

[Bozman]

Here is a picture of my 1942 Colson Firestone Featherweight that I restored. The paint scheme is the original paint scheme including the white chain ring! A great riding bicycle.

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[Krakatoa]

Wow Bozman I like it!! Colson had a great very assured color sense I think.

 

[Foxclassics]

A big shout out to Sam, you rock!!

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If I try and follow the model/dating 1589 = Men's '39, 1580 = Men's '40, maybe 1581 = Men's '41 and 1582 = Men's '42?

Sweet. Looks like a March 1942.

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[Bozman]

If you decide to clean up the chain ring like me know if you find white paint like I did. The only bike I have ever seen with this is my 42 Featherweight Vagabond. I can see why no one did it. The chain grease really shows up on the ring.

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