Some suggest that serial numbers are not important to the hobby
or that we should stop looking for letter prefixes;
yet there are a few collaborative threads dedicated to this exact purpose.
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/shelby-badged-serial-numbers-prewar.145931/
A "Yes" vote means in favor of reading serial numbers and sharing on this site.
A "No" vote means opposed to reading serial numbers and sharing such information.
Wow.
NOBODY said anything about NOT looking at serial numbers. This was NOT SAID. Certainly not by me. This is an incredibly absurd and twisted claim. I shouldn't waste the time to comment at all, but I see there is a political effort afoot to pervert what I said into what you
WANT me to have said.
You guys are really persistent in endless arguing. Made it into an art. Which I guess is all one has if one doesn't know any better. For some, the hobby is not vintage bicycles... it is endless arguing and internet trolling. But if you put this much energy into listening and learning instead of arguing and rectal retorts, there would not be such persistent mysteries in these matters. So yet another silly argument
seems to be valid. Well? Mass hysteria will not overrule facts– at least not on a rational planet. Nor will rampant boosterism. Nor will mob rule.
Might (as in convincing people to cast votes based on tainted, skewed or biased claims) may
seem right. And coloring what I said to make it appear "ridiculous" to those who prefer the "guess-at-it-and-conclude" method is merely twisting what I said to make your own absurd point. And to get people riled up. Good job.
What I said–
ONE LAST TIME AND NO FURTHER COMMENT FROM ME AFTER THIS because this is just one more endless political and biased argument– is this: letter prefixes in and of themselves do NOT determine the year of a Shelby-Made Bicycle (SMB). And if you are looking only for a prefix in order to determine a year, you are wasting your time and spinning your wheels. PERIOD. WHY? Because not all Shelby-Made Bicycles had a letter prefix. PERIOD. Furthermore,
SOME YEARS had SOME MODELS/BRANDS with no prefix at all. WHILE during the SAME YEAR other models/brands did indeed have a letter prefix. So the prefix is not the be-all and end-all determining factor.
Therefore... any SMB serial number analysis
based soley on some letter prefix will– by fact– be a blind alley and a waste of your time.
Of course, it is YOUR time, so feel free to waste it. And feel free to post silly "vote-on-it" notions based on false premises. And wild goose chases. The old saying that one can lead a horse to water, but one cannot force that horse to drink applies here.
By all means... get out there are keep collecting those serial numbers. Get busy! And keep looking for the letter prefixes that reveal deep secrets. And keep marveling with the wild claims as to why ...OMG! There's no letter prefix! This must be one of those mysterious prototype models assembled in a snowstorm on July 4th ... done by candlelight in the basement during an eclipse! By golly, let's vote on looking for more of these!!!!! Drink that Kool-Aid!!!!!
Seriously? No more comments (
or input of facts from actual records) from me. Have fun.