Rollfast Bicycle - Does the S/N mean anything ?

[levinll]

Can the serial # help identify the year this bicycle was made ?

Are some of the parts shown replacements items ?

I know nothing about bicycles so please pardon my ignorance.

 

[rollfaster]

Flip the bike over and look at the BB shell. You should see something like an SN 64 or EH 64. Just reverse the number and it will give you the year. In this case, 64 would be 1946.

 

[rollfaster]

Here’s another example. This was my 41 Rollfast.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

The curved down tube indicates a 1942 or later design, more streamlined model.
DP Harris “Rollfast” introduced the streamlined frame with a curved down tube about a year or so after Montgomery Ward.
I have seen 6-digit serial numbers on the seat tube mast on post-war bicycles, usually preceded by a letter; e.g., “A” starting in ~1945.
Maybe look for a letter and another digit to the left of the 23022.

 

[fordmike65]

Looks just like the '46 I recently sold.

 

[rollfaster]

Looks just like the '46 I recently sold.

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I was thinking that too Mike!!

 

[levinll]

1946 ?

 

[levinll]

What were the original fenders made out of ? Metal or chrome ?

 

[Adamtinkerer]

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1946 ?

Yes, and 'SN' indicates it was built at the Snyder factory in NY.

 

[fordmike65]

What were the original fenders made out of ? Metal or chrome ?

Those babies look aluminum to me