I got far enough back that you can see the post war welded on kickstand tube. I think this is one of the first post war Schwinn balloon frames. That's why I never used it and had it stored away. They changed the geometry of the frame when they welded it and a tank will no longer fit. The frame broke where the down tube meets the head tube and someone re-welded it. This is a standard post war balloon tire frame.
Frame graphics, tank graphics, curve of the down tube and painted bird wing chainguard. It was original and near complete with all the one-year-only '41 parts when I found it. Those prewar BB's used after war may have already been stamped with the "I" serial number in '41. but never paid much attention to the serial numbers until the other day.īeing good frugal Germans, why wouldn't they use up the prewar BB's (bottom brackets) since they are exactly the same as post war. And, I also think the "I" prefix was also the first one used after the war. The bars had a SBC in the middle of the cross bar and the GEN1 forks should have 2 vertical Schwinn decals. In fact, I believe the "I" prefix was the last one used before production was halted in 1941 because of the war. Re: Schwinn Sting- Oldest Known- Looking for Serial Numbers and Answers quotencmalko1You need two 'The Sting' downtubes, two chainstays, 1 Schwinn quality for the seat tube mast, one TriOval for the lower part of the seat tube mast. This is true for the 50's through the 70's (and maybe beyond) but it is not true before that. Everyone knows Schwinn didn't use the letter "I" in their serial numbers.
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