Shelby-badged Serial Numbers-Prewar

[slick]

Here is my Pirate badged Shelby.

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Gothic fenders, flat braces, that hockey guard and the truss rods all scream 1940 to me. Flat top fork is a 1939 and older fork but... they were used in the beginning of 1940 until the better stronger round top fork came out. That's a rare badge. Very rare.

 

[Rattman13]

Next project: '40s Shelby built Hiawatha I just purchased. Serial is unreadable in pics so I'll have to figure it out when it gets here I guess. I will post a serial number pic when it's here and cleaned off. Does anyone know what years the Hiawatha badge looked like this?

 

[slick]

Next project: '40s Shelby built Hiawatha I just purchased on Ebay. Serial is unreadable in Ebay pics so I'll have to figure it out when it gets here I guess. I will post a serial number pic when it's here and cleaned off. Does anyone know what years the Hiawatha badge looked like this?

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Looking at that fork, that bike is pre 1940. The flat top fork was used into early 1940. After that the round top fork was used, and the round arc truss rods commonly seen on No Nose bikes as well as other 1940/41 bikes.

 

[dave429]

1935 Shelby

M216835

 

[Rattman13]

Little Help needed here Caber's. My Shelby made Hiawatha arrived today and the serial number is C97389. I was told in my previous post that the fork is early '40 and before. I've found 2 different letter charts in this thread and used 1 of them to figure out my '36 Cadillac badged Shelby. According to that chart this bike is a '42, according to the other chart it's a '39.

 

[SKPC]

Yes, most likely 1941, maybe early 42. NOT a 30's frame as suggested but it IS the highest "C", 5-digit example thus far.

 

[Rattman13]

Looking at that fork, that bike is pre 1940. The flat top fork was used into early 1940. After that the round top fork was used, and the round arc truss rods commonly seen on No Nose bikes as well as other 1940/41 bikes.

Fork was not original to this bike Frame was originally red and fork originally maroon. Fork and frame were painted baby blue and later the latex white paint seen was brushed over the blue. Maybe this originally had one of the internal springers.

 

[SKPC]

A few days ago, @jgsb1966 showed us what is thought to be a Wartime Shelby he recently picked up. A seldom seen bike and serial number as it is another clue to finding definitive answers to the Shelby numbers question. This "C07896" serial number is a very LOW 5-digit example adding to what little is known to date about the war years, 41-45.

 

[ian]

@JRE .Post the serial number of that Shelby you just got.

 

[genesmachines]

@SKPC asked me to post this late 40s(per @slick) Flyer with X18648 serial number.