Williams Special Lancaster Pa

[columbiapa]

I cleaned off some bird poop and barn dirt and found the #!

 

[Jesse McCauley]

LOVELY!
Great find, welcome and hey howdy buddy-

Could you show us a shot of (to use some jargon) where the rear drop stand meets the hub from a side profile?

many thanks and congratulations on a great intro-to-the-cabe bike

 

[Freqman1]

Think it has an armless Musselman.

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That's what I thought but wanted to verify. V/r Shawn

 

[New Mexico Brant]

The head badge is great, is the rose red for Lancaster, "the red rose city?" It looks whitish in the image with maybe a tinge of red. With York being the "white rose city" I am curious.

 

[columbiapa]

Yes Lancaster is the Red rose City and York is the white rose.

 

[columbiapa]

Thank you guys so much for all the information, surely an amazing group here! When I put this up for sale what should I be asking?

 

[Freqman1]

While not a direct comp this is pretty close and it has languished for more than a year https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/miami-manufacturing-hudson-850-bikeflights.132950/ . For the life of me I can't figure out why though. I'd still like to see serial. V/r Shawn

 

[New Mexico Brant]

I tried to enhance your serial number image so it would be easier to read but not much luck. Please try rubbing talcum powder or flour into the numbers and then photograph.

 

[columbiapa]

Sorry my phone camera is sub par. I cleaned it up a little more, looks like 211416.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Chain guard is from a later '30s or '40s bike. Westfield/Columbia, Snyder/Rollfast, and Schwinn all had similar designs that are hard to tell apart.