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Withdrawn Westfield War time Sports Roadster

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Price
325
Location
earth
Zipcode
12206

coasterbrakejunkie1969

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I have this early '40s war time Westfield made Sports Roadster serial number W103912 there is another stamp above it I can't quite make out shown in last pic. This seems to be mostly original. I have seen images of other bikes with similar bright crank and stem with black out hubs, bars and sprocket. It looks like the paint will clean up as there are plenty of box pins visible. I believe the seat and grips to be original. Both wheels run true and the rear pedals and stops. If I were to air this up I could ride it. I will deliver this bike to the Syracuse swap in mid Feb. or deliver within an hour of 12206. $325/obo

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Beautiful old lightweight! It should clean up pretty well - can even still see some pinstripes. Doesn't seem to have been monkeyed with too much... Good luck with your sale.
 
What you have is a Sears Elgin lightweight WWII '' Victory'' civilian defense model. Your bike was manufactured by the Westfield Manufacturing Co. for Sears most likely between Nov. 1942 and Jan. 1943 although it is possible that the frame could have set in factory inventory longer prior to bike completion. You never know with wartime production. Wartime Elgin bicycles were produced by Westfield hence the Westfield serial number and frame production number J - 11 ( Nov, 1942 ). You can see the Elgin blackout brake arm and Elgin front hub. Your bike would have come with an Elgin head badge if it had been produced prior to Sept. 1942. By government regulation manufacturer head badges could no longer be attached, after that date on wartime civilian bicycles. Later in the war that regulation was relaxed. My wartime Westfield produced Elgin '' Roadster '' lightweight '' Victory'' model was manufactured prior to that regulation and still has the Elgin head badge. Very nice wartime Elgin!

Regards, Bill
 
What you have is a Sears Elgin lightweight WWII '' Victory'' civilian defense model. Your bike was manufactured by the Westfield Manufacturing Co. for Sears most likely between Nov. 1942 and Jan. 1943 although it is possible that the frame could have set in factory inventory longer prior to bike completion. You never know with wartime production. Wartime Elgin bicycles were produced by Westfield hence the Westfield serial number and frame production number J - 11 ( Nov, 1942 ). You can see the Elgin blackout brake arm and Elgin front hub. Your bike would have come with an Elgin head badge if it had been produced prior to Sept. 1942. By government regulation manufacturer head badges could no longer be attached, after that date on wartime civilian bicycles. Later in the war that regulation was relaxed. My wartime Westfield produced Elgin '' Roadster '' lightweight '' Victory'' model was manufactured prior to that regulation and still has the Elgin head badge. Very nice wartime Elgin!

Regards, Bill
No badge holes on this one so after Sept. Thanks for the info
 
Now, keeping in mind what I previously wrote above, you must keep in mind that in Sept, 1942 per government regulations the Westfield Manufacturing Co. and the Huffman Manufacturing Co. were the only two bicycle manufacturers in the U.S. to produce bicycles. However, a bicycle Co. could obtain, through special request, an exemption to produce and/or sell bicycles. Since the wartime Elgin bicycles were manufactured by Westfield ( authorized to manufacture bicycles at that time ) whether Sears was required to obtain a special exemption or not, I do not know. This being said, It is possible that Sears was required to get an exemption and if they did not, they would not by regulation be able contract with Westfield to purchase bicycles. If that were the case then I would say that the Elgin components on your bike were most likely excess inventory from Sears to Westfield from prior to Sept. 1942. Excess Sears Elgin hub and brake parts that Westfield then used on their own civilian bicycles. If that happened then your bike would be a Westfield using a few Sears Elgin parts. If I had to venture a guess, I would say that Westfield, authorized to produce these bicycles, was able without special government exemption to manufacture civilian bikes for sale by Sears. Either way your bike was a Westfield manufactured bicycle. I trust that all this made sense.

Regards, Bill
 
Hi @coasterbrakejunkie1969

I suspect that @HUFFMANBILL 's comment about the hubs being excess Elgin inventory could be correct.

The next survivor I have listed is W105355/J7, of @Goldslinger https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/26x1-375replacement.174089/page-2

Note the frame was made at least six months before the bicycle was built up.

Apart from being a Woman's bike, the features are in all ways similar to yours, green tenite grips, mix of bright and blackout parts, no badge and Elgin hubs etc.

So far these are the only two survivors to have turned up with Elgin blackout hubs.

Best Regards,

Adrian
 
@HUFFMANBILL @Mercian thank you for the information on the bike. Always great to hear from members who know and are willing to help without making someone feel like they would rather have a root canal. This is a very cool and original bike, I'm very interested in getting this bike to the right person.
 
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