When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Westfield Frame Numbers 1933 - 1945
- Thread starter Mercian
- Start date
#eBayPartner Most Recent BUY IT NOW Items Listed on eBay
Mercian
I live for the CABE
Hi @JPKelley5 , @lounging
Sorry for the late replies, I hve been away for two weeks. Thanks for taking the time to post details of your bikes, I really appreciate it.
M60102 was made mid 1934. I can't see if it has a headbadge, but I think this would be a bike sold under the Westfield name (rather than Elgin) because of the 'Coffin' type chainwheel, which was a Westfield feature. This was the year that Westfield started to put month codes on the frames, and yours dates to just before this started. The earliest month dated one I have listed is M90245, A9, Sptember 1934, so yours would be a couple or three months before that.
F181467, H10 was Westfield produced for Sears under the Elgin brand, and was made in October 1941, so was part of the last peacetime production before WW2, It was also one of the last Westfield bikes produced for Sears, since they were starting to buy them from Murray instead.
Best Regards to both,
Adrian
Sorry for the late replies, I hve been away for two weeks. Thanks for taking the time to post details of your bikes, I really appreciate it.
M60102 was made mid 1934. I can't see if it has a headbadge, but I think this would be a bike sold under the Westfield name (rather than Elgin) because of the 'Coffin' type chainwheel, which was a Westfield feature. This was the year that Westfield started to put month codes on the frames, and yours dates to just before this started. The earliest month dated one I have listed is M90245, A9, Sptember 1934, so yours would be a couple or three months before that.
F181467, H10 was Westfield produced for Sears under the Elgin brand, and was made in October 1941, so was part of the last peacetime production before WW2, It was also one of the last Westfield bikes produced for Sears, since they were starting to buy them from Murray instead.
Best Regards to both,
Adrian
Dazed & Confused
Finally riding a big boys bike
Mercian
I live for the CABE
Hi,
Nice restoration by the way.
It is a very unusual frame number. G9241 H11. The frame was made November 1941, and technically the G indicates the bike was built in 1942. However, with Pearl Harbor in November 1941, something odd happened with the frame numbers. Westfield records that their numbers for 1941 were F5000 to F213132 and then, uniquely for Westfield, they started on the G series with G5000 to G17433 being built before the end of 1941. This bike falls into that unusual batch. I have only seen one other so far, this frame G8348 currently for sale by @mrg
thecabe.com
It's not known why Westfield did this, but just after Pearl Harbor, bicycle restrictions were brought in for WW2, it was probably associated with that in order to identify bicycles built under the new regulations.
Best Regards
Adrian
Nice restoration by the way.
It is a very unusual frame number. G9241 H11. The frame was made November 1941, and technically the G indicates the bike was built in 1942. However, with Pearl Harbor in November 1941, something odd happened with the frame numbers. Westfield records that their numbers for 1941 were F5000 to F213132 and then, uniquely for Westfield, they started on the G series with G5000 to G17433 being built before the end of 1941. This bike falls into that unusual batch. I have only seen one other so far, this frame G8348 currently for sale by @mrg
Sold - 41 Westfield ( Columbia ? ) frame & tank | Archive (sold or withdrawn)
Another longtime project I won't get to, straight 41 Westfield built frame, Kinda sloppy ser#,s. G 8 348 ( I think it was badged as a Goodyear) with bearing cups ( fork & crank ), some original blue paint, always wanted to see what a OA bath would do for this one, tank is pretty straight, rusty...
thecabe.com
It's not known why Westfield did this, but just after Pearl Harbor, bicycle restrictions were brought in for WW2, it was probably associated with that in order to identify bicycles built under the new regulations.
Best Regards
Adrian
Krakatoa
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
March '37
Mercian
I live for the CABE
Hi @SKPC
As Krakatoa says, the frame was made in March 37. the serial number B96601 occurs after bicycles with frame dates of June 37, and before others of July 37, so I think it was built up round about June 37.
I think it's an Elgin. Below are links to two Elgins with similar build dates, and frame markings.
thecabe.com
thecabe.com
Best Regards,
Adrian
As Krakatoa says, the frame was made in March 37. the serial number B96601 occurs after bicycles with frame dates of June 37, and before others of July 37, so I think it was built up round about June 37.
I think it's an Elgin. Below are links to two Elgins with similar build dates, and frame markings.
Elgin? | Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965
Greetings bike guru's. I have several questions about Elgins. First I see Elgin's for sale images that are of the latter 20's and some from the mid 30's that are head badged with the appropriate slanted Elgin logo. Mine has no holes in the head where it had one and I have the factory painted...
thecabe.com
1930s Elgin | Project Rides
With the time passing slow i am going to start breaking down this Elgin for a cleaning and grease job ... obviously new tires and such but im going to see how a good cleaning turns out before thinking of OA bath ... i like the crusty look lol Maybe someone out there could nail down the year and...
thecabe.com
Best Regards,
Adrian
Similar threads
