Need help looking up 1930’s Elgin serial number.

[49deluxe]

Good evening fellow Cabe members, I’m looking for help With the serial number in my new bicycle I just picked up. I was told it’s a pre war 1936 Elgin. Serial number is D2 C6414.

This is my first pre-war bike and it’s a keeper to my collection. Thanks for any help and advice.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Looks like a Westfield built Sears Elgin, and might be a 1938–C, (based on serial number prefix letter).
Might be very similar to the 1936 & 1937 models. Not sure about the tank?

Welcome to the CABE.

 

[Mercian]

Hi @49deluxe

And Welcome.

As @Archie Sturmer said, it's a Westfield made Elgin for the Sears and Roebuck catalogue company.

The D2 code says the frame was made in February 1937, but then it sat in stock at the factory until January 1938 when the bike was built up and allocated the serial number C6414. The serial numbers in 1938 started at C5000 on 3rd January 1938, so yours would have been built only a few days later.

It is an unusually large gap between the frame being made and the bike being built, but it was a rough period for Westfield as they were coming towards the end of their Elgin contract, and you do see some strange gaps like that.

Best Regards,

Adrian

 

[49deluxe]

Hi @49deluxe

And Welcome.

As @Archie Sturmer said, it's a Westfield made Elgin for the Sears and Roebuck catalogue company.

The D2 code says the frame was made in February 1937, but then it sat in stock at the factory until January 1938 when the bike was built up and allocated the serial number C6414. The serial numbers in 1938 started at C5000 on 3rd January 1938, so yours would have been built only a few days later.

It is an unusually large gap between the frame being made and the bike being built, but it was a rough period for Westfield as they were coming towards the end of their Elgin contract, and you do see some strange gaps like that.

Best Regards,

Adrian

Thank you for your help and information, I looked for hours on the internet and couldn’t find that information. I really appreciate it. At least I know what it is.

 

[Mercian]

Thank you for your help and information, I looked for hours on the internet and couldn’t find that information. I really appreciate it. At least I know what it is.

You are very welcome. It expands my knowledge too.