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

[Oilit]

I dug up this decade old New World post from @rideahiggins on his 1940 New World 2 speed. Serial D8767. It is complete and looks all original with locking fork and pin stripes.
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Pre-war New Departure hubs could be 2 speeds, but a Sturmey-Archer should be 3 speeds. I was going to ask about the date code on the hub but you've beat me to it. Nice bike though, I hadn't seen this one. Thanks for posting it!

 

[SirMike1983]

Those are some of the best-preserved pin stripes on a New World I've seen. The white is an unusual color to find, and it's in good shape on that bike. Hub is probably an AW. It may or may not have a date code - the ones from around WWII sometimes don't have a date code.

 

[Miq]

@Jon Olson posted some pics in another thread of his 1940 step through with 3 speed hub and 3 piece crank. Similar to @vincev D serial 3 piece crank bike, the D in the serial is the hard to read I / 0 double strike. This bike also has flat mudguard braces from the 1939 Catalog and a nice AS&Co chainring.

1939 Catalog pic of braces.

 

[1936PEDALER]

Century badge, used by Gas and Electric Co. (Baltimore?).
Speedo shows over 5000 miles?
Pictures aren’t great,as it’s hanging in a window,but can get more if interested

 

[Oilit]

Century badge, used by Gas and Electric Co. (Baltimore?).
Speedo shows over 5000 miles?
Pictures aren’t great,as it’s hanging in a window,but can get more if interested

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Interesting bike! Maybe they rode it around reading meters? Looks like lots of blackout parts!

 

[1936PEDALER]

Interesting bike! Maybe they rode it around reading meters? Looks like lots of blackout parts!

It does have an old flashlight and holder, and yes all black out

 

[Miq]

That’s a really neat wartime bike @1936PEDALER !! We haven’t seen one with that badge or paint/decals before. I would love to see more pics. @GTs58 what do you make of the threaded plug in the EF BB? Is that something Schwinn did? The black out ND rear hub looks nice. Cool victory bike.

 

[GTs58]

That’s a really neat wartime bike @1936PEDALER !! We haven’t seen one with that badge or paint/decals before. I would love to see more pics. @GTs58 what do you make of the threaded plug in the EF BB? Is that something Schwinn did? The black out ND rear hub looks nice. Cool victory bike.

Cool piece! And a J series war time NW. It seems to have been used for a work type vehicle so maybe that "drain plug" was used to do a quick needed lube on the bottom bracket. First time I've seen that on a one piece crank. I couldn't imagine how much grease or oil is needed to fill that to where it would do any good though.

 

[1936PEDALER]

Century badge, used by Gas and Electric Co. (Baltimore?).
Speedo shows over 5000 miles?
Pictures aren’t great,as it’s hanging in a window,but can get more if interested

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[Oilit]

That's really nice! I'm guessing the chain guard was aftermarket since the war-time bikes didn't have them, but it suits the look of the bike to a "T". And that badge is the crowning touch!