Vintage-Whizzer
Finally riding a big boys bike
Usually you only see the tapered kickstands on the 1946 models, but I have a stock 1948 Whizzer with non knurled S2's and a tapered kickstand. The serial number says it's from 1940, but it is a post war bike. I have seen other 1947 and 1948 bikes with a tapered kickstand as well. Then again there are 1946 Schwinn's with non tapered kickstands. Do you have a picture of your bike? If it is a DX or Straight Bar, another quick way to identify the year is, the bottom bar will be the same diameter as the top bar. In 1949 Schwinn made the lower bar on the DX, and Panther models smaller in diameter. Some jack ass probably said it would save them a few hundred dollars each year. And then later on another jack ass said lets move our factory over to China, and save millions each year. lol