Wartime Schwinn New World Bikes - We Know You Have Them - Tell Us About Them!!

[Deville.bicycles.montreal]

Any info on this one?

1945 Schwinn New World bicycle at Classic Cycle | Classic Cycle Bainbridge Island Kitsap County

1945 Schwinn New World bicycle on display at Classic Cycle, a bike shop and museum located on Bainbridge Island near the Seattle ferry terminal

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[Miq]

It’s the last wartime entry on the chart. We don’t know what the serial is and there are only a few pics of it. The mudguard braces are strange if you ask me. We’ve talked about it before but it was a while ago.

 

[Deville.bicycles.montreal]

It’s the last wartime entry on the chart. We don’t know what the serial is and there are only a few pics of it. The mudguard braces are strange if you ask me. We’ve talked about it before but it was a while ago.

Yes I think we did a while back. I will try to contact the shop/museum and see if I can get some info on it.

 

[Oilit]

I went up to Honesdale PA a couple of weeks ago to see the Stourbridge Lion replica (built in 1929 to celebrate the centennial of the original), and while I was in the area I swung by western NJ and bought the Lexington New World that @SirMike1983 posted back at #908. I've added a few more pictures including some of the rear hub, marked "AW 0", and another shot of the serial. It looks like the "8" is upside down and crooked, and the "D" is easy to read as "I" at first glance. The rims are the original pre-war style but the tires are later, marked for the tubular S-6. The only other non-original part I see is the pulley for the shift cable. The old pulley mount is still clamped around the top tube, but the pulley must have gotten knocked off at some point. Some of the Sturmey-Archer parts look blacked out, but I don't know if that was the normal finish or it was due to the the war starting two years earlier for the British (Sept. 1939).
When the railroad first built the replica locomotive it was fully operational, but I noticed the connecting rods hanging from the walking beams have been disconnected at the wheels, so it evidently hasn't run in a while. There were also some nice models, which are easier to get pictures of. And there's a video of a working model on YouTube.

 

[GTs58]

I went up to Honesdale PA a couple of weeks ago to see the Stourbridge Lion replica (built in 1929 to celebrate the centennial of the original), and while I was in the area I swung by western NJ and bought the Lexington New World that @"SirMike1983 posted back at post #908. I've added a few more pictures including some of the rear hub, marked "AW 0", and another shot of the serial. It looks like the "8" is upside down and crooked, and the "D" is easy to read as "I" at first glance. The rims are the original pre-war style but the tires are later, marked for the tubular S-6. The only other non-original part I see is the pulley for the shift cable. The old pulley mount is still clamped around the top tube, but the pulley must have gotten knocked off at some point. Some of the Sturmey-Archer parts look blacked out, but I don't know if that was the normal finish or it was due to the the war starting two years earlier for the British (Sept. 1939).
When the railroad first built the replica locomotive it was fully operational, but I noticed the connecting rods hanging from the walking beams have been disconnected at the wheels, so it evidently hasn't run in a while. There were also some nice models, which are easier to get pictures of. And there's a video of a working model on YouTube.

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Your other shot of the serial number didn’t show up.

 

[Oilit]

Your other shot of the serial number didn’t show up.

You're right, I skipped right over that. But easy enough to fix. Thanks for pointing that out!

 

[cyclingday]

Bloomie’s!
Thats a great bike!
I’m glad to see someone here finally got it.
Congrats!
We’ll be looking forward to your future exploits with it.

 

[Miq]

One of the I+O = D hand stamped 3 piece crank bikes. Congrats on adding this one to your collection @Oilit !! Looking forward to seeing what you find out about this prewar bike. You now have consecutive D serial number black prewar New Worlds on the list. I will update the ownership and add the latest bike from @cyclingday to the chart today. Been few pages...

 

[cyclingday]

Nice!

3,274 units apart.

 

[WillWork4Parts]

I went up to Honesdale PA a couple of weeks ago to see the Stourbridge Lion replica (built in 1929 to celebrate the centennial of the original), and while I was in the area I swung by western NJ and bought the Lexington New World that @SirMike1983 posted back at #908. I've added a few more pictures including some of the rear hub, marked "AW 0", and another shot of the serial. It looks like the "8" is upside down and crooked, and the "D" is easy to read as "I" at first glance. The rims are the original pre-war style but the tires are later, marked for the tubular S-6. The only other non-original part I see is the pulley for the shift cable. The old pulley mount is still clamped around the top tube, but the pulley must have gotten knocked off at some point. Some of the Sturmey-Archer parts look blacked out, but I don't know if that was the normal finish or it was due to the the war starting two years earlier for the British (Sept. 1939).
When the railroad first built the replica locomotive it was fully operational, but I noticed the connecting rods hanging from the walking beams have been disconnected at the wheels, so it evidently hasn't run in a while. There were also some nice models, which are easier to get pictures of. And there's a video of a working model on YouTube.

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I probably have a spare idler wheel and screw if you need it, let me know if the threads look good on the clamp. I'd be interested in the later model clamp as the spacer gets the cable away from the cantilever bar on a stingray.