Multiple Shelby Bikes To ID

[CarterAutoMotive]

Alright, so we've fairly well got #2 sorted as a '53 CWC Shelby Traveler youth.
#3 and #7 are also sorted as AS, 1951 and 1950 respectively.
#4 is a 1951 Shelby Flying Cloud girl's bike.

#1 is definitely a postwar Flying Cloud, guessing pretty early postwar with that 4th quarter '45 plated rear hub and black front hub?

#5 is the brown painted boys Flyer, B846381.
That has a plated Morrow rear hub with a K2 date code, so 2nd quarter of '41. So this bike and #1 kinda bookend the war years, I guess.

So, the B makes more sense than the R in the number, right?

It also has this neat recessed reflector in the rear fender.

And lastly is #6, the compete except for bars Flyer boys bike, H37596, which has a plated ND Model W front hub, and a plated ND Model D rear hub with the large arm with the '=Brake' lettering. The sprocket nut is a textured no-groove single indent.

According to the info in this thread, that combination of rear hub parts is in the 40-41 range, but perhaps Shelby continued to use prewar stock after the war?

Thanks again for the replies, I appreciate the sharing of your knowledge.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

The “B” with six (6) digits following, kind of threw me off, (more than the usual way with Shelby serial numbers); should there have been only 5 digits?

I have also seen some “P” serials that I could not make sense of.

 

[CarterAutoMotive]

The “B” with six (6) digits following, kind of threw me off, (more than the usual way that I am with Shelby serial numbers); should there have been only 5 digits?

I have also seen some “P” serials that I could not make sense of.

Now that you mention it, the 1 at the end looks a bit odd. Maybe not part of the original number?

 

[SKPC]

My bad on assuming this was an "R" 800k number....I agree with others it is most likely a "B84638" from 41 with an additional "1" stamp, but NOT sure. Most ALL "B" prefix bikes have 5-digits following the B. I am still waiting for more "B80000x" serial numbers to emerge in the future. Time will tell, but with two known "B" serial numbered Shelbys with an additional 6th digit stamped on the end, something new may be coming to light right before the time we officially entered WW2 in December, 1941. Or maybe not. Not known is if the V760xxx to V820xxx 1940 serial numbered bikes continue into 1941 if at all? Europe was deep into the war during 1940 before the USA entered officially but we were involved materially. During 1940 (into 41?) was the "V" prefix, then the BB stampings seem to have changed back to 5 digit B and C prefixes. WAR changes everything....

"B83052" Y-peanut bike I own below. Originally badged "Safe-T-Bike"...and it also has an additional number stamp not in the normal font at the end....a "2". Looks like "B830522"...inconsistencies exist with Shelby serials..

Another anomaly "B" serial number below...I believe correctly deciphered as shown....

Shelby does seem to have mixed it up with old parts after the war.