old Schwinn?

[Pop.Cycle]

I purchased a 26" cantilever frame, who the owner claimed was a SCHWINN. Frame only, no forks or badges to help identify. The badge holes do line up but i assume most are the same no? Here is my main question:

The serial number is on the bottom bracket and reads W077319. Following the final digit is a 2 in exponential form (like 9 squared). According to the index a BB serial is 48-52 but the serial number runs as a 1956. Am i not understanding or is my frame a different make and model? I have included a pic of the dropouts as well as i see this is a huge clue most of the time. Also the deep.stamped '8' or exponent '2' may have some significance no?

i appreciate your help and want to say i love this site and forum.

 

[Pop.Cycle]

Better shot of the serial number

 

[Walker]

how about a pic of the whole bike...

 

[Pop.Cycle]

I can when it is front of me, i work on the road so next weekend.

But in all honesty it is a standard cantilever style frame like 80% of all beach cruisers. But if it helps i will post when i get home.

Thanks.for looking btw

 

[sensor]

Those dropouts look like Huffy. Pressed with 1 spot weld in the center.
Correct?
100% not Schwinn, no matter what.

 

[Pop.Cycle]

I have seen Huffy and yes i thought they looked close....however, and I may wrong but Huffys didn't have the dual tubes filled in on the ends. Also the majority of Huffys i saw had the serial on the headtube and started with the letter H.

But alas I have been wrong before. Thank you for looking too

 

[Bicycle808]

Might well be Huffy, but definitely not Schwinn. Every hack with an old bike will try to sell it as a Schwinn... Still possibly a cool bike, if the price is nice.

 

[Jpromo]

The dropouts look Monark to me. If it's a true cantilever, it'll be 1959 or later since Schwinn held a patent on canti frames until then.

 

[Flying Zombie]

Better shot of the serial number

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whoa, if you look close, its like a stamp over stamp. Two fonts.

 

[Bicycle808]

The frame is probably haunted.

 

[Pop.Cycle]

Lol, multiple personality disorder frame........

Ok. Thank you all for.looking and your replies. So i can clear this up, what pics will make it easy? Whole frame?✔ Better closeup of the drop tubes?....anything else?

 

[Pop.Cycle]

And Yes F.Zombie, i thought maybe it was sanded down with the prep, the frame is shot in base/clear Cadillac Eldorado red 2-stage.

But the '0' actually at times looks like a backwards '6'. Almost looked like the front cpl letters was an insignia, but in the right light the W0 are clear under there.....good call tho.

Also anyone ever seen a exponential 2 or deep.stamped 8? What are these?

 

[Flying Zombie]

And Yes F.Zombie, i thought maybe it was sanded down with the prep, the frame is shot in base/clear Cadillac Eldorado red 2-stage.

But the '0' actually at times looks like a backwards '6'. Almost looked like the front cpl letters was an insignia, but in the right light the W0 are clear under there.....good call tho.

Also anyone ever seen a exponential 2 or deep.stamped 8? What are these?

I have an eye for detail, But it ends up always being for silly little things more than anything all that helpful. I can imagine it might have been restamped after a blast to re-elaborate the lettering..Hadn't considered that!
[to be fair though, that caddy red looks pretty sweet]

 

[Section 8]

A picture of the frame would be helpful in identifying the frame.
It's positively not a Schwinn though.

 

[Wildcat]

60's or 70's Huffy is my guess.

 

[Pop.Cycle]

Ok. Home and trying to get some pics in during the holiday madness. Hope these help in getting this thing figured out.

Thanks for the views and opinions

 

[Wildcat]

It looks to me as if the dropouts were modified, the upper hole looks too close to the top of the dropout. I think maybe they were trimmed. So I will still guess a Huffy frame. It looks like a good frame, and the powder coating looks excellent, but a Huffy frame doesn't have the same value as a Schwinn frame. If you paid a lot extra because it was supposed to be a Schwinn, I'd go back and renegotiate.