Anybody know what this one is. Only numbers I can read on bottom bracket are 74EH. There is some symbol or something after the H but I can’t tell what it is
Schwinn?? Year?? Model?? Help
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1947 Hawthorne by Snyder - built at the Excelsior Michigan City Indiana plant (closer to Wards Chicago).
Serial number might be on the seat tube mast, with a letter “C” prefix followed by 6 digits.
Someone may have swapped out the chain ring sprocket for an A&S 4-hole; (and the seat post clamp appears missing).
Motorbike model.
Serial number might be on the seat tube mast, with a letter “C” prefix followed by 6 digits.
Someone may have swapped out the chain ring sprocket for an A&S 4-hole; (and the seat post clamp appears missing).
Motorbike model.
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You’ve got a bendix 2 speed kickback hub on this bike, that’s a score. This would be a good start for a rat bike.
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Awesome that is what I wanted to do with it. Not familiar with the s 2 speed thing. Should it have a cable like the internal 3 spd? Cause there is nothing just looks like a single hub? Can you help educate me??
No cable at all, it shifts when you kick the pedals back. There is probably a YouTube video showing how these work, they’re very unique.
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The wedge type seat post must have been a short term post war feature; (maybe another manufacturer had a patent). We see them again on some later 1950’s AMF and Evans bikes, (perhaps others).
Rat rodding seems appropriate — as it looks like the bike has been modified in the last ~73 years.
Rat rodding seems appropriate — as it looks like the bike has been modified in the last ~73 years.
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