Schwinn Western Flyer Hybrid?

[mac406]

I am trying to identify this bike....it has a serial number on the bottom of the crank area of F30854..which would indicate a 1952 Schwinn Phantom? It has a Hiawatha Head Badge....the front forks look like a Western Flyer Super?...the tank has holes for a horn.... .any help would be appreciated..Thanks

 

[Jay81]

Built by Cleveland Welding, nothing Schwinn about it. Hiawatha version of the WF Super.

 

[mac406]

Any idea of the year? Thanks

 

[Jay81]

Any idea of the year? Thanks

Late 40s - early 50s. Maybe someone who knows more about them will chime in and narrow it down further.

 

[mac406]

Thanks for your help...I will recheck the serial Number

 

[Freqman1]

Look to see if the serial number is followed by ACW with the “W” inside the “C”. Serial chart here. https://vintageamericanbicycles.com/index.php/cleveland-welding-co-roadmaster/

V/r Shawn

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Hiawatha bicycles were sold at Gambles department stores; Bert Gamble once owned the Shelby Cycle Co. about 1953.

Shelby Cycle History

Preserving the memory of the bicycle industries in Shelby, Ohio

shelbycyclehistory.org

Might check if the serial numbers have a 53CW suffix, and if the head badge is stamped SHEL?
Might be a hybird, in an unusual sense.

Where might the bike have been built by CWC?

 

[Freqman1]

Hiawatha bicycles were sold at Gambles department stores; Bert Gamble once owned the Shelby Cycle Co. about 1953.

Shelby Cycle History

Preserving the memory of the bicycle industries in Shelby, Ohio

shelbycyclehistory.org

Might check if the serial numbers have a 53CW suffix, and if the head badge is stamped SHEL? Might be a hybird.

CWC built not a hybrid of anything. Badged as a Hiawatha--nothing unusual about that. V/r Shawn

 

[mac406]

There was a Gamble's here in Helena many years ago....there are numbers on the Head badge, but they are worn...I'll take another look at all of the numbers and post some pictures......Thanks for everybody's help....

 

[skiptooth]

Mac, Jay nailed it right away crash bars are usually 1950's enjoy...