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Morrow hub identification?

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Hi, late to the party, but I agree with Krakatoa and Mike,

M4, last quarter of 1943, 36 10, heavy duty spokes. Since only Military G519 bikes from Huffman or Westfield were getting these at this point, it's either off one of these, or a spare produced at the time. M4 would have been used on bikes at the very end of production.

They were originally Parkerised, and these has generally lasted better than plating. Here's some shots of mine from quarter 2 1943.

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Below is the original arm, not marked S, but, as you can see, unplated. I have seen the S on other arms, but never thought about it.

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I hope this helps,

Best regards,

Adrian

PS, pm'd too.
 
Note the difference in the Morrow "script"

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A theory is that the type shown marked with "S" are replacements. Over the years many boxes of NOS replacement arms have surfaced, every one I've seen has been filled with that type of script. I don't recall if any or all were marked with a letter.
 
Hi Rustjunkie,

I hate you, I'm going to be looking at Morrow arm script now ! (-:

You are right, the S marked one has a plain line under the script.

My ww2 one has a outlined thicker underline, cut off square at the end.

I've just looked at my WW1 one (the only other example I have here), it has an outlined thicker underline, but tapered to a point at the end.

Perhaps S is for subcontracted pieces (based on total guesswork?)

Best Regards,

Adrian
 
= Rustjunkie
or perhaps a date code? s=1949?

just looked at some nos arms on eBay, non-stylized script, no extra letter

As good a theory as mine, that's for certain. Some 1949 dated hubs with these arms would help corroborate this.

Best Regards,

Adrian
 
And just to add to the complication, here is a nice 1949 one currently for sale by Mr.cycleplane.

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/1949-morrow-hub-excellant.142495/

No way of knowing if the arm is original, but always a good chance. It has the stylised script close to the 1943 example, but the shape of the arm is different to either the WW1, 1943 or S marked ones.

S could be as simple as Spare, but why would you do that? Dating, or indicating subcontracted pieces makes sense for quality control.

Best Regards,

Adrian
 
Because it's a Wartime"Blackout" hub & the surface has either worn away or been stripped.

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/serial-number-and-date-code-information.71542/#post-441223
Morrow Coaster Brake Hub:

Letter and number note the year and quarter of production.
Example: I 3 = produced 1939 July-September

Note: many hubs are marked 36-13, this is not the date code, it notes the # spoke holes and size.

A - 1931
B - 1932
C - 1933
D - 1934
E - 1935
F - 1936
G - 1937
H - 1938
I - 1939
J - 1940
K - 1941
L - 1942
M - 1943
N - 1944
O - 1945
P - 1946
Q - 1947
R - 1948
S - 1949
T - 1950


Hello;
Here my G519 NOS MORROW hub U3, after Bozman 1952.
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I just got a rear wheel G519 M4 36-10 for my COLUMBIA in restoration with S stamped on the brake arm.
I think it is not original because there are 1939 and 1946 parts inside.
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Regards;
Serge
 
Hi All,

Serge, thanks for reminding me about your green hub. It also has the 'straight arm seen on the post war Morrows (and, I think, on the Bendix hubs which followed). Here is anther example of a straight arm from 1947 Q4. This helps support the 1952 date of your green hub.

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/nos-morrow-hub-in-box.142990/#post-954608

Your G519 arm is interesting, because it has the ornate script and an S, the other S types so far are simple script.

And here is a just prewar 1939 with the necked arm, and ornate script, without an S.

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/m...-duty-spokes-skip-9-tooth-hub-whizzer.142977/

Best Regards,

Adrian
 
Hello;
To complete, going back the wheel of my M306, i noticed the S stamped on the original brake arm of the hub M3 but on the inside.
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Regards;
Serge
 
Anybody have one of these heavy duty Morrow hubs that they would sell or partial trade for a standard prewar Morrow hub?
 
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