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Glad this thread is still alive and working because I just picked up a Dayton from a barn just outside of Salina KS and need some help. I’ve read all 33 pages of this thread twice now and I am still confused as to the date on this one, and have many other questions. About the only thing I am sure of is that it does not have the pinched seat stays so probably pre 1917? The adjusters are the Dayton style, and the head badge is the pop bottle cap style. I am not sure about the chain ring, or why it is not the Dayton script style, possibly replaced at some point? I have never seen this style chain ring before? The rear hub is a Morrow, or at least the brake arm is (I didn't think they started till the 30s)? And to really add to the confusion, it appears to have two sets of serial numbers, and the bottom bracket is pretty crusty so reading all the numbers is hard. There is a larger but crudely stamped 41972 that runs across the bottom bracket like most other manufactures used. I am thinking this may have been a re-stamp from a stolen bike, or something? The other numbers and letter “A”s that do run the way it looks that most Davis numbers ran are very hard to read. But from the things I read about date of manufacture and year dating they don’t make since unless it’s a 1911 or 1921? Here are all the pictures I took the other day when I first got it home. Hope you can help me ID it and figure out what is right and wrong on it. Davis style numbers and letters on bottom bracket are hard to read and the pictures didn’t turn out to good. Here is what they look like.
A
1
A
211
55?????4