Serial number on Schwinn Bantam

[Bicycle Museum of America]

Patron sent this in and thinks it could be the last Schwinn bike manufactured. Posting the pics of serial number below. Any help with the year identification appreciated.

 

[Xlobsterman]

1983 model. And I am not sure why they think it is the last bike made by Schwinn? How could they even begin to back up that claim?

 

[Bicycle Museum of America]

1983 model. And I am not sure why they think it is the last bike made by Schwinn? How could they even begin to back up that claim?

they were basing it on the last day of production.

 

[Xlobsterman]

they were basing it on the last day of production.

And that bike was made on the 158th day of 1983 far from the last day of production.

 

[Bicycle Museum of America]

And that bike was made on the 158th day of 1983 far from the last day of production.

yeah he wasn't sure that's why he contacted us

 

[Schwinn Sales West]

Looks like a Murray (of Ohio) built bike to me. The last Schwinn (built in Chicago) was an exerciser would be my guess.

John

 

[GTs58]

Schwinn didn’t build any bikes in 1983, but they did supply Murray with Schwinn made parts and a few unbuilt frame sets. As per the news letter announcing the relationship with Murray.

 

[Robert Troub]

yeah he wasn't sure that's why he contacted us

Because the seller thought he had $$$ gold $$$ !

 

[Xlobsterman]

Schwinn didn’t build any bikes in 1983, but they did supply Murray with Schwinn made parts and a few unbuilt frame sets. As per the news letter announcing the relationship with Murray.

The frame serial number comes back as April of 83, so the factory was still producing frames in 83, and that is definitely a Chicago built frame!

 

[Robert Troub]

The frame serial number comes back as April of 83, so the factory was still producing frames in 83, and that is definitely a Chicago built frame!

So the factory was producing frames, then shipping them to Tennessee for Murray to build ?