coasterbrakejunkie1969
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I'm wondering if anyone can clear up a question as to when the font of the lettering on Schwinn tires changed. Specifically the Stingray slik and knobby tires. I have a few dated carlisle tires and the code does not distinguish between decades. The same 2 digit code used thru the '60s and '70s for example 8-4 August '64 or '74. The font seems to have changed from the larger to smaller some time in the early '70s maybe '75 with the change to the Stingray chain guard? I have a few examples of the different fonts. I would be interested to see an original from '72 thru '76. Any information on this would be of great help to many members.The first 2 pics are a 10-6 dated tire with large font thinking 1966 ,next is a 8-2 large font being no slik in '62 has to be a '72, next is an 11-7 dated knobby with small font I'm guessing '77, and the last 2 are a 7-0 dated knobby guessing '70 but could be '80. Did they make both tires in '80?