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Noticed in photo of 1938 motorbike!

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ANOTHER EXAMPLE....SHAWN RESTORING THAT I941 CANTILEVER AUTO-CYCLE AND LETS SAY AGAIN IT IS MISSING THE TANK....WHAT TANK IS HE GOING TO LOOK FOR????….THE 1941 NEW DESIGN EMBOSSED TANK....BECAUSE THAT IS THE TANK THAT WAS MOST COMMONLY USED THAT YEAR....NOT A 1940 BUTTON TANK THAT WAS MOST COMMONLY USED ON 1940 MODELS.
 
ANOTHER EXAMPLE....SHAWN RESTORING THAT I941 CANTILEVER AUTO-CYCLE AND LETS SAY AGAIN IT IS MISSING THE TANK....WHAT TANK IS HE GOING TO LOOK FOR????….THE 1941 NEW DESIGN EMBOSSED TANK....BECAUSE THAT IS THE TANK THAT WAS MOST COMMONLY USED THAT YEAR....NOT A 1940 BUTTON TANK THAT WAS MOST COMMONLY USED ON 1940 MODELS.
I just received this magazine that shows a bicycle with a tank like the one a bought in Modesto. Could it be the tank in the picture? And is this bicycle a 1938 or 1939?
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I just received this magazine that shows a bicycle with a tank like the one a bought in Modesto. Could it be the tank in the picture? And is this bicycle a 1938 or 1939?View attachment 1161531
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Awesome photo, taken in 1938 by the Baird Photo Service. I am in contact with someone at the McHenry Museum there in Modesto to find out about the other photo(!) taken at the same time and possibly a newspaper article about the giveaway. Obviously not gonna happen until things get back to the new version of normal.
 
THERE YOU GO DEC 17TH 1938 WITH THE STRAP BACK.... TRANSITIONING OVER WITH THAT NEW TANK DESIGN.....HAPPENED EVERY YEAR FOR THE MOST PART....BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN RULE OF THUMB HOW 95% OF THE MODELS CAME FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS ABIDED BY!!!!!
SO ONCE AGAIN TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT TANK WITH THE STRAP BACK IS MOST COMMONLY FOUND ON 1939 MODELS!!!!
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE...SAY YOU ARE RESTORING A 1939 MOTORBIKE MISSING THE TANK.....WHAT WOULD BE THE TANK YOU WOULD PREFER TO FIND?......THE TANK WITH THE STRAP BACK BECAUSE THAT IS HOW MOST OF THEM COMMONLY CAME!!!!!
AND NOW AFTER LOOKING AT TYLERS ORIGINAL PICTURE CLOSER....BESIDES THE STRAP BACK TANK …..I SEE MORE TELL TALE SIGNS THAT THE BIKE WAS BUILT AS A 1939....AND WHAT IS THE OTHER TELL TALE SIGN??????THE NEW PAINT SCHEME ON THE FRONT FENDER FOR 1939 MODELS...….TYLER FLIP THE BIKE OVER AND TAKE ME A PICTURE OF THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR ME!!!!!
I SEE A PICTURE OF TWO 1939S.....ONCE AGAIN GOING BY ORIGINAL SCHWINN CATALOGUES....THE GRAPHIC CHANGE TO THE FRONT FENDER SHOWS UP IN 1939 ALONG WITH THE TANK WITH THE STRAP BACK.....SO AGAIN THERE IS A CERTAIN RULE OF THUMB I GO BY!!!!!
BUT HEY I LIKE THE PICTURE!!!!!!!!
YES I COMPLETLY AGREE ….THERE IS CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR....BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN WAY MOST MODELS CAME ONCE THEY GOT MORE INTO THAT CERTAIN YEAR!!!!!
AND THAT IS THE RULE OF THUMB I HAVE ALWAYS USED TO TRY TO KEEP YEAR TO YEAR IN UNISON WITH OTHER COLLECTORS.
AN EXAMPLE ….THAT 1941 BLACK CANTILEVER AUTO-CYCLE YOU HAVE WITH A 1940 TANK....YOU AND I KNOW MOST 1941S DID NOT COMMONLY COME WITH THAT TANK....PARTS CARRYING OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR....BUT LIKE I SAID ONCE YOU GET MORE INTO PRODUCTION OF A CERTAIN MODEL YEAR THAT SEEMS TO DISSIPATE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE....SHAWN RESTORING THAT I941 CANTILEVER AUTO-CYCLE AND LETS SAY AGAIN IT IS MISSING THE TANK....WHAT TANK IS HE GOING TO LOOK FOR????….THE 1941 NEW DESIGN EMBOSSED TANK....BECAUSE THAT IS THE TANK THAT WAS MOST COMMONLY USED THAT YEAR....NOT A 1940 BUTTON TANK THAT WAS MOST COMMONLY USED ON 1940 MODELS.
MODESTO!!!!!....TOWN WITH SERIOUS NOSTALGIA.....BAD TO THE BONE 1939!!!!!
JON..... READY TO BUY OR TRADE EPIC PARTS AND CASH:):mask:;)
POOR LITTLE ERIC HE TRIES SO HARD:laughing:
Hey @kenny_hungus . It looks like your CAPS LOCK has been stuck on for over a week. Might wanna check into that. Mike
 
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