Need help with identification

[Rusty Lightning]

I got this Schwinn from a friend and don' know what year or kind it is. From the research I've done i think it's pre '48.

The serial number is B86567

 

[B607]

The pics aren't too great for an ID but it looks like a DX frame. Show a pic of the rear dropouts. That will tell you if it's a prewar of postwar frame. I don't see a welded kickstand tube behind the BB so it might be a prewar. Gary

 

[scrumblero]

ummm.... you have a newspaper machine in your shop... :roll:

 

[Rusty Lightning]

Thanks for the responses. It does have a welded kickstand. Here's some more pics if it could help, thanks. And the newspaper machine I had to rescue from a dumpster. I had a sore back the next day .

Someone painted over the factory paint, but under the facory paint there's red.

 

[B607]

That's a postwar DX. It's not a '46 because the kickstand is straight, not tapered. If it's pre '48 it must be a '47, give or take a half a year. Gary

 

[Rusty Lightning]

Thanks! just curious, what part of the kickstand are you talking about being straight, not tapered?

 

[B607]

On '46 models the kickstand itself was tapered. Wide at the top like a normal kickstand but tapering down narrower as it goes down toward the ground. Only see them on '46 bikes. I had one once but gave it away. Back then I thought it was an aftermarket part. :roll: Gary

 

[udallcustombikes]

Here is a tapered kickstand. When I got it, it was attached to a rusted up,frozen solid BF Goodrich girls bike. I cut it off and welded it on my '34 Colson Rat.

 

[Rusty Lightning]

Thanks for all the help.