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

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Hi Jim,

Great step thru New World! @spoker and I have been wondering who was going to buy it. I have already added it to my chart but now I can put @Jim sciano as the owner. :) Thank you for posting the pics of it.

I think you are right with 1940. It has great paint and decals and chrome!!! The seat is still there too. Really great bike to restore. My 1941 is very similar and rides sweet.

The grips were probably part number 822 Black Finger Grips (see 1940 parts catalog below "photo" #422)

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Large Flange Hubs:
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I would love to see what the original reflector on the rear mudguard looks like. ??

Thanks again for posting it here. I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

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That is awesome about the grips because I have a pair of those laying around. The rear reflector seems to be a glass stimsonite with an aluminum mount. Nearly impossible to read on the glass but I can just barely make it out. 540673A9-C212-4D5A-8803-2DC983A25D65.jpeg
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Nice to see some of that pin striping up close too. Thank you for posting the pics of the reflector. I really appreciate it. :) That’s a great original bike!
 
Here’s mine, I pulled the crank once and that was dated 42, it has an I serial number, and a lot of black out. The sprocket and crank arm aren’t black, but they aren’t chrome either. Wood block pedals and old Carlisle tires but no war stamp. It came out of an antique store in Milwaukee.
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@Cooper S. That’s a great addition! Love the blackout pedals, hubs, bottom bracket hardware, headset, .... I’m believing the 1942 date. Another wartime New World victory bike on the list thanks to you. :)

Is that a ND coaster in the rear? Did it come without a chain guard or mudguards? Do you think the cranks and front sprocket might be cadmium plated? Like you wrote, it doesn’t look like chrome but it’s not blacked out either.

Thanks!
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Is the down tube EF on Cooper's or is the angle of the shot hiding the joint? Seat tube looks to be but the pictures make it hard to tell.

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@Cooper S. That’s a great addition! Love the blackout pedals, hubs, bottom bracket hardware, headset, .... I’m believing the 1942 date. Another wartime New World victory bike on the list thanks to you. :)

Is that a ND coaster in the rear? Did it come without a chain guard or mudguards? Do you think the cranks and front sprocket might be cadmium plated? Like you wrote, it doesn’t look like chrome but it’s not blacked out either.

Thanks!
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I’d say the crank is probably cad plated, yes there’s a new departure rear, it had fenders in it and a chain guard but the fenders are newer reproduction ones and the chain guard was rusting away. I can dig out the chain guard if you want photos of that
 
@Cooper S. thanks for the reply. I thought it looked like a blackout ND. Many of the wartime New World bikes I’ve seen have that black rear hub.

Instead of a pic of the chainguard, could you take some more of the BB? @GTs58 and I would love to see how many of the frame components are electro formed (EF) to the BB shell. Would it be possible to get pics of the BB where all the frame components meet? There’s a good pic of the bottom where the serial number is, but we would like to see more views where the seat tube and down tube meet the BB. Would it be possible for you to a take a few pics of that?

Thanks again Cooper!
 
I’d say the crank is probably cad plated, yes there’s a new departure rear, it had fenders in it and a chain guard but the fenders are newer reproduction ones and the chain guard was rusting away. I can dig out the chain guard if you want photos of that
@Cooper S. thanks for the reply. I thought it looked like a blackout ND. Many of the wartime New World bikes I’ve seen have that black rear hub.

Instead of a pic of the chainguard, could you take some more of the BB? @GTs58 and I would love to see how many of the frame components are electro formed (EF) to the BB shell. Would it be possible to get pics of the BB where all the frame components meet? There’s a good pic of the bottom where the serial number is, but we would like to see more views where the seat tube and down tube meet the BB. Would it be possible for you to a take a few pics of that?

Thanks again Cooper!
it is a blackout ND, and yeah sure I can take those photos
 
@vincev took some more pics of his lovely step thru New World. The serial number is B61848. I'd say this is 1946 from where it sits with the other bikes and some info from @GTs58 . It's the earliest serial we've seen from when Schwinn flipped from using the I-J-K wartime serials to the A- B-C post war serials. It also has a really cool kid carrier on the back. :hearteyes:

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Thanks @vincev !! Happy 4th!!
 
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