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Never noticed this thread before! Neat that the complex is mostly intact, considering they stopped bike production in 1962! Has the same vibe as Darnell's Do-it-yourself garage, in Christine! -Adam

Because Schwinn's S-7 rims are considerably taller than a standard 26" rim!

Chain will stretch a bit over time too, especially 80+ year old skip tooth ones! -Adam

I can add to this old thread, that I recently found out that Murray-built Hiawathas had their own in house serial numbering system, much like Firestone badged bikes. Only the NBHAA has that information, so one would probably need to pay a few bucks for an evaluation. The most recent one posted...

Well, I own a '63 Tiger (with later deluxe fenders), and pretty sure they made it in '64 too, though they went to chrome fenders. Schwinn wasn't super picky about using frames & forks set up for hand brakes on coaster models. They built whatever was on the order sheet, and whatever was handy! -Adam

This series of Huffys are pretty strange! They came out postwar, and production continued all the way through 1958! The girl's version has the huge head tube, which makes it look like a '30s bike! They've caused plenty of confusion in the bike world. Schwinn was the only company to move away...

First frame is '60s-'70s AMF, nothing special. Second has a Monark paisley chain ring, can't tell the rest. The Schwinn is probably a '63 or later Typhoon, if there's no evidence of a fancy decal on the seat tube. -Adam

I don't know when the mixte first came out, but this looks like a well made '70s bike. You're unlikely to see another here in the Carolinas! -Adam

The letter starting the serial # is the year, seat is era correct, but more likely a middleweight piece. -Adam 1964 N26184 - N370693 1965 N375000 - N817898 1966 R100000 - R464982 1967 R464982 - R842814 1968 R842814 - R987209 S5000 - S331191

This era of bikes are one of the hardest to identify! The 'C 6' could mean Colson, March '36, but, I'm not sure they did that month/year coding before '37. It could also be Westfield, Davis, Snyder, or Excelsior. Elgin was Sears' brand name, most were made by Westfield mid '20s- 1937. But they...

Many folks consider all rear facing dropouts 'prewar', but Huffy actually launched that frame after the war, and were the last American bike co. using them, through 1958! (pre BMX era). -Adam

Snyder's reverse year/factory coding started during 1940, and continued through '58. So, that supersedes any letter on the serial. Some of the stampings were very faint, and some don't appear to have anything! -Adam

Schwinn had an exclusive patent on the cantilever frame design through '57. I'm feeling like this might be a Huffy, or possibly a CBC/Ross built. It's definitely NOT an AMF, Columbia/Westfield, Murray, or Snyder/Rollfast. -Adam

I don't believe they moved the serial numbers to the head tube until 1980-ish. Also, they used a black decal on the seat tube, just above the crank, that usually has a build date on it. -Adam

It could be a newer imported Schwinn. The rear dropouts and chain guard tab look like theirs, but the lower rear stays are curved, and that's different. -Adam

'SN' signifies Snyder's main factory in Little Falls, NY. 'EH' is their Michigan City, IN factory, formerly owned by Excelsior Cycles. They used the reverse year codes from sometime during 1940, and continued through 1958. Also, the OP's bike has the new for '50 blue & red M/W badge. -Adam

That's an AMF built Shelby middleweight, they had a two digit year on the BB from '52 - '56, and I believe started with G serials in '57. Rat material. -Adam

Collegiate was a sub brand to Elgin at Sears, for a couple years before WW II. -Adam

That's a nod to Steve, former owner and creator of this site! He was so good at cleaning up bikes, folks claimed he had magic TX water! -Adam

JB Weld for sure! I believe some of that is braking surface, so you might want to fill in the deep pits too. I'd neutralize the rust in an oxalic acid bath (how-to threads on this) first. -Adam