Swap Meet Find..... not sure what it is w. sprocket pics!

[tlaing1]

Guys, I found this today and couldn't pass it up just because I liked it...... Can anyone give me an idea of year make? I know thats asked all the time so thanks everyone!

 

[ratina]

Re: Swap Meet Find..... not sure what it is

Looks like a Cleveland Welding frame, so it could be Hawthorne, Roadmaster, etc. Do you have a picture of the sprocket? I can't see it in the pictures, that would be the giveaway to what it is.

 

[tlaing1]

Re: Swap Meet Find..... not sure what it is

I'll have it up tonight! Thanks!

 

[tlaing1]

Re: Swap Meet Find..... not sure what it is



Here's the sprocket! Thanks!

 

[ratina]

Looks like someone swapped the sprocket out for a Schwinn one. Any outline of a headbadge on front or anything?

 

[tlaing1]

nah, nothing. I haven't really looked for a serial number either even though I'm not sure that would help. I like the bike and I might build it for my mom... she needs a bike..... and by needs, I mean I want her to have one so she will stop trying to ride mine when I stop over on my evening rides.

 

[dumpster_diver]

It is a prewar model of ??? (prewar -WWII)

 

[tlaing1]

I figured it was a prewar, but any ideas on how I can figure it out? Thanks.

 

[rms37]

retracted

 

[tlaing1]

prewar frame would have ears on the dropouts for drop stand stops

What does that mean? I dont care if its pre or post war, just uneducated on certain bikes and bike terms. Thanks

 

[Slick Rick]

You really should do a little more homework before you hand out"definitive answers" that are in-correct Phil.It is certainly a pre-war frame, there were many pre-war frames that did not use rear wheel stands. Its also very obvious that that it has been "pieced together" somewhat, I'm not trying to be a dork, I'm just saying share what you know for sure,and let someone else do the same. In the long run we all win that way! :roll:

 

[tlaing1]

So I'm officially confused........


What the Golly-Gee-Whillikers do I have? Pre-war post war? Dog Ear drop outs, wheel stands, purple monkey dishwasher!

 

[rms37]

retracted

 

[tlaing1]

my LBS was working on the hub and said it was a Columbia.... lets keep trying to figure this out.....

 

[Rustinkerer]

my LBS was working on the hub and said it was a Columbia....

It's entirely possible the rims were swapped along with the sprocket at some point. Many postwar Roady's had rims with a slight bead right on the outside corners. Columbias tended to have square edged rims. What kind of coaster brake is it? If it's a Bendix red band, the rim is 1963 or later. I agree with Phil on the frame though, I know he's the Cleveland Welding expert 'round these parts! ~Adam