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Prewar -vs- Post War Schwinn Springer Forks How to tell them apart?
The "bolt through" forks didn't come out until the 60's. The prewar and postwar forks differ in the bend of the fork legs themselves. I'll try and dig up some pics. Otherwise I'm sure someone on here will have some.
The small diameter struts were used till the late 1940s. The best way I know if to tell the diff is to measure the head tube. The prewar head tube is a little shorter
That ebay ad is not all that accurate either, I had a 48 with skinny truss rods and there is a small difference in leg length between locking and non-locking forks...
Skinny truss rods go up to 1950 maybe 51..... the big differences in pre/post are mainly the curve of the legs!
There are a lot of small differences thru out the years you need to study them by comparison each person knows something sometimes wrong sometimes right in the end NO ONE is a Expert!
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