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[49autocycledeluxe]

I had this bike for sale on Craigslist then I saw these fenders. yes the fenders are green, bike is black.
I'll keep it for a while longer now.

 

[Oilit]

@Miq, here's another for the registry. Hand grips have been replaced, kickstand and pedals have gone missing and there's plenty of dirt and rust, but looks original otherwise. The tires even hold air! Morrow hub has a date code of K3, which according to @Freqman1's web page makes it the third quarter of 1941. As for the serial, they managed to obliterate most of the first letter when they welded on the chain stays. What's left could be either a "G" or "J", but from your list, the "J" serials were all war-time bikes with black-out parts, so this must be "G". The tires are Goodyear Rib, 26 x 1.375, "For Hooked Edge Rim".

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[rennfaron]

Same bike

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thecabe.com

Let's put a pin in this one. I am tired of it showing up.

 

[Oilit]

Same bike

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thecabe.com

Let's put a pin in this one. I am tired of it showing up.

That's the one! It came out of Mauldin SC. I didn't remember it had already been posted, but now it can be added to the list. And you have to admit, it looks better just putting air in the tires, probably the first time this century!

 

[rennfaron]

That's funny @Oilit because when I saw the bike I thought wait something is different... It was the air in the tires. At first I thought the tires were replaced.

 

[Oilit]

That's funny @Oilit because when I saw the bike I thought wait something is different... It was the air in the tires. At first I thought the tires were replaced.

They'll need to be replaced before anybody takes a ride, there's only 20 psi in them now and that showed enough cracks that it felt like time to stop. But bikes roll much better when the tires aren't dragging on the fenders.

 

[SirMike1983]

It's a blue tall frame from the look of it. Wish I could find something like that around here!

 

[RustyHornet]

Way cool! Would love that frame size. Nice color too with a Liberty badge to boot! Way neat bike.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

just bought this frame. the ad had this for the serial # 173933 ??. maybe the 1 is supposed to be a i ... I have a complete black ladies prewar that I planned on leaving alone. it has a freewheel and brakes and locking fork which I will need to cut and rethread. I may even put a drum brake up front I had for my B-6.

how many black war-prewar lightweights is too many? I have a BFG, a Liberty and now a Cadillac.

with shipping I paid way too much for just a frame but the girls bike only set me back a about 60 bucks so it will all even out in the end.

 

[Oilit]

just bought this frame. the ad had this for the serial # 173933 ??. maybe the 1 is supposed to be a i ... I have a complete black ladies prewar that I planned on leaving alone. it has a freewheel and brakes and locking fork which I will need to cut and rethread. I may even put a drum brake up front I had for my B-6.

how many black war-prewar lightweights is too many? I have a BFG, a Liberty and now a Cadillac.

with shipping I paid way too much for just a frame but the girls bike only set me back a about 60 bucks.

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I take it you haven't received the frame yet? An "I" serial sounds right. And we all know there's no such thing as too many.