wooden wheel schwinn the world i.d. help

[hotrod62]

TRYING TO PUT A YEAR ON THIS OLD SCHWINN HAS A BLACK MORROW HUB THAT HAS CLIPSE MACHINE DIVISION
MADE IN ELMIRA NY USA .36 13 AND ON THE BOTTOM OF FRAME THE SERIAL # D12549 I THINK THEIR IS A WAY TO DATE THE BIKE BY THE HUB NUMBER ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT THANKS...

 

[DonChristie]

Not sure but if the hubs are Blacked out its a safe bet it was made during WWII. I do believe you can date it by the hub, not sure how. Are the rims 26 or 28"? Nice rig!

 

[hotrod62]

they are 28'' and i found the numbers N 1 on the hub i think this is# for the year

 

[eazywind]

first quarter of 1944.

 

[hotrod62]

thanks for the info i thought the bike would have been a lot older with the wood rims.

 

[Larmo63]

Maybe leftovers because of wartime? A lot of weird things went on around that time as businesses scrambled to help the war effort, yet stay in business.

 

[Larmo63]

I LOVE that bike! Is it for sale?

 

[hotrod62]

yes its is 4-sale its listed on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/Aronold-schwinn...924?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b7c53be4

 

[Bendix]

rather than something extremely unusual from schwinn isn't it just as likely the saddle and rims just came from a different, older bike? there's no trick to rebuilding a wheel (what's the vintage of the front hub? maybe that wheel was swapped intact?). i don't pretend to understand the logic used by whoever might have converted it, but stranger things have been done.....

maybe it was purchased by 1944's version of a 'retro grouch' or 'hipster' who preferred a leather saddle along with the ride of wood rims and single tube tires!

 

[Larmo63]

I think Bendix is on to something......