Help to I.D. this swap meet find please

[oddrodal]

Got this yesterday at a swap meet. No head badge and no other markings. front hub is Schwinn script rear just has muscleman on the break arm. serial #w62648 all info is greatly appreciated

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[Bicycle808]

My guess:

Mid- to late-30s Model C; if it's a 18" seat tube (as it appears to be), it's likely a bc117. The Model C bikes were the entry-level/"popular price" bikes, but they had the raddest geometry, in my opinion.

 

[bikedudeomaha]

54' Schwinn? serial matches that for 54' if it a Schwinn? chain guard looks wrong.

 

[Bicycle808]

I agree that the chainguard might be a replacement, but it ain't a '54. It's pre-war, pre-fire... so the serial number info is lost....

 

[oddrodal]

From the center of bottom bracket to the top of seat tube is 18 1/2 if that's how it's done. I was thinking the frame and fork looked Schwinn but haven't seen one up close, kind of similar to my late 40's DX
I agree the chain guard did not look like a good fit,

 

[Wildcat]

Serial on the BB signifies 52 and earlier. The rear dropout location of the number is 52 and later. The known numbers go back to 48, and your number is before that.

 

[oddrodal]

Found this on the net, listed as a J C Higgins guard ?

 

[cds2323]

You're right, the chainguard is a postwar aftermarket item. Frame and fork is Schwinn, agree it looks like a C model. The w serial number is likely from early 1938 (although records for serial numbers were destroyed in 1948, there are lists pieced together for pre war numbers). The fenders don't appear to be Schwinn, the rear definitely doesn't fit the frame, indents and screw don't line up with upper rear stays.

 

[The Black Monark]

Rear-facing fork ends (they're not "drop outs" folks ) on Schwinn = pre-WWII

 

[heartlandcruisers]

where I will admit I know very little about these old Schwinn's but the way the serial is stamped I will agree with 30's Schwinn from what I gather they hand stamped each number so they were never perfectly aligned( and feel free to correct me if I am wrong on this).so yeah I would say cds2323 is spot on on that also the black monark is right on the forks dating it pre ww II really cool piece of history there hope to see it restored.
sean

 

[heartlandcruisers]

plus the skiptooth is relatively old as well looks to be a dx but unsure on that as well.

 

[oddrodal]

Thanks for all the input guys. Thinking the fenders will work good on the western flyer, I'll try them this weekend.

 

[Bicycle808]

plus the skiptooth is relatively old as well looks to be a dx but unsure on that as well.

It ain't a DX. A DX would have the midtube curved, to match the toptube.

It's a "C"

 

[Bicycle808]

This is a DX:

(Not mine, but it is quite rad....) Notice the midtube's gentle arc, plus most DX bikes have a curved downtube, as well---some early DX bikes have a straight downtube, though)

This is a Model C:

Also not mine, but notice the straight midtube and downtube, and also notice how incredibly off-the-chain, over-the-top HOT the frame's lines are....

I pulled both these pics off of Alan Bond's site, clunkers.net . Even if you don't klunk and have no interest in klunkers, the site provides a lot of info and some awesome photos.

 

[heartlandcruisers]

It ain't a DX. A DX would have the midtube curved, to match the toptube.

It's a "C"

yup you're right I forgot about that