Trying to identify a frame and fork.

[Boardtrack fan]

I got this from The flying Dingo on Sun. I think its a Schwinn model C but, I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated. It has the serial number on the bottom bracket and starts with 5 A . The crank has a bar cast in the center where the numbers and letters should be. The only thing I can make out is the letter H and maybe the number 6.
In the picture you can see where Dingo started to remove the black paint which revealed the original red with white scallops.

I don't think the seat or the handlebars are original. The seat looks like a girls model and the bars look to new.

 

[sensor]

from what i can see in the pictures the rear drop outs and fender stays look like a 30's schwinn.....
do they look like this?

man.....dingo just keeps letting these thing go :shock:

 

[sensor]

well i think youve got yourself a motorbike(looks like the forks are from a later model but cant tell for sure in those pictures) 35/36 if im not mistaken.....
photo for comparison :mrgreen:
http://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1893 ... _2000.html
nice score :mrgreen:

 

[skoda]

It looks like a '35-'36 Cycleplane / Motorbike. If the rear fender is correct, that's some serious coin. The '35 frames have some kind of distinguising characteristics, after '36 had a curved downtube.

 

[skoda]

It's either a late '35 or a '36, the seat post clamp is the larger variety and since it's affixed to the frame, is probably original.

 

[sensor]

It's either a late '35 or a '36, the seat post clamp is the larger variety and since it's affixed to the frame, is probably original.

id say so too

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Thanks guys. I poked around on the CABE and Dave's vintage bicycles and kind of came to the same conclusion. Sensor, the rear drop-outs do look like the ones in your picture. Thanks again.

 

[ambman]

Whatever it is its pretty cool. What happened to the crank?

 

[B607]

It could also be a '37 CA107, or a '38 or '39 BC117, or a '39 BC97. Your frame is pictured for all these other models in the '37, '38, and '39 Schwinn catalogs. The straight lower bar frame survived until '41, but only on 20" and 24" bikes for the last two years. B607

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Thanks B607. I will have to look those models up.

 

[sensor]

all the ones i could find that are post 36 have the curved rear stays(more like the regular cantilever frames and the ones on yours are straight from what i can see....
heres the 37/38 frames
http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/783.htm
http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/2532.htm
http://www.nostalgic.net/pictures/2191.htm

 

[skoda]

This is my '36 frame. The seat stays are curved, a '35 is more straight. I'm going to say '35 now. :wink:

 

[sensor]

well since skoda has one in his possession i cant argue with that :shock:
btw nice frame skoda!

 

[skoda]

Yep, it's the '35 "double diamnond" frame. Very nice.

 

[skoda]

well since skoda has one in his possession i cant argue with that :shock:
btw nice frame skoda!

Well, that one wasn't a "find", I found it on ebay.

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Very cool pictures. Thanks Sensor. Nice frame Skoda.

 

[B607]

Here you go Boardtrack...'37-'39 straight lower bar frames. B607