- #BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBER DECODER BIKEFORUMS SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBER DECODER BIKEFORUMS CODE#
- #BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBER DECODER BIKEFORUMS SERIES#
There is a stamp on the frame for domestic bicycles, city cycles, and common bicycles. It is a number for product management that has no unique format as the manufacturer and factory decide arbitrarily. What I have gathered doing research and asking experts is that the I J and K serials would have been left over prewar BB shells and or frames that had already been stamped prior. Meaning of bicycle serial number: As mentioned above, the body number of the bicycle is the serial number. Note (A) serial started again in 51 but in regular larger print. Granted stuff got replaced or got carried over ie pencil stand. Springer fenders sported diamond and tombstone reinforcement tabs Pivot clip was prewar style half clip.(early) Springer pivot bolt rumored to be chrome on early 46? Grips will be oval with one tail coming off N without double back crossover(late prewar style)ĭrop center rims or sometimes Lobdell flat profile rims.ġ946 bikes have been found with 1941 stamped dogleg cranks My 46 rear fender stay mount is taller and more boxy then late 40s 50s style.Įarly 46 tanks have been seen with tapped brackets ie left over snap style prewar tanks.īig outtie delta horn button and tank hole (prewar size).Ĭhain guard front frame mount tab is thinner with bigger hole. Rear top stay fender bracket is sometimes tubular on early frames. Rack clamp is a one piece flat band aid shaped plate. (This feature also was found on later years and is not solely indicative of a 1946) Straight bars ie "fat bars" have same dia bottom tubing. More on the 47 side.Ĭanti frames have more of a hump to the top tube.
#BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBER DECODER BIKEFORUMS SERIES#
Starting Jthe serial number was moved to the rear left dropout.1946 series Hxxxxx Ixxxxx Jxxxxx A0xxxx (small type face) BxxxxxĬxxxxx is probably a cusp number between 46 and 47. This system ran up until about the mid 1960s. I tried a LTD M-100FM and i really liked the guitar but then i found that all the M-100FM made before 2008 have an Agathis body and all the 2008-2009. Postwar serials starting sometime in 1947 begin with the last number of the year followed by “H” and usually six numbers Ex: 1947 (or 1957) = 7H052211.įrames and other differences will differentiate the decades.ġ9 bikes will have a serial stamped on seat post binder clamp. The font on the postwar bikes is slightly different than the earlier models (1942-1944) using same format.
1942 G519 Military Model 1943 G519 Military Model 1945-1947 generally used a “H” followed by six numbers. Most, but not all, have another number (or numbers) as well as the year stamp below the serial number.
#BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBER DECODER BIKEFORUMS SERIAL NUMBERS#
The 1943-44 bikes have serial numbers starting with an “H” followed by six numbers starting with a “1” Ex: H115639. It appears most ’42 bikes have a serial number starting with “D” followed by five numbers starting with a “5” Ex: D52680. Military models are referred to as “G519 models and the frame can have either a straight or curved down tube. June 1944 Civilian Model (Lightweight) 1942 to 1944 Military Model G519 1940 Chieftan Serial Number 1942 to 1944 generally used one letter followed by five or six numbers. In the example below there is also a number (2) underneath.
May have “W”, “HW”, or “HBW” in the serial from 1937-41 1940 Western Flyer Serial Number (Huffman)įour numbers followed by “FAH” and may or may not have a number underneath Ex: 7820FAH 1939 Firestone Serial NumberĪ lot of 1940 bikes have a serial starting with “B” followed by four or five numbers. Many but not all 1937 Firestone Fleetwood Supremes have a serial that starts with “H” followed by five numbers Ex: H10376 1937-1941 a letter followed by four or five numbers with, or without, one number below the other numbers is used. I have seen the month and year reversed as well. 1938 Serial NumberĪnother way to date a lot of 1938-1944 bicycles is by looking at the back of the fork crown which will have either two or three numbers e.g.
#BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBER DECODER BIKEFORUMS CODE#
Identify the bar code and serial number plate for bikes manufactured.
1934 Serial Numer 1937-38 generally used five numbers with one number below. See the best & latest bicycle serial number decoder coupon codes on iscoupon. Note: I have not found the serial number list for the Western Flyer Huffmans contained in the “ABC Book” to be accurate for the pre-1947 serial numbers. Notice some of these numbering systems overlap years and may be specific to how the bike was branded for example the Firestone bikes.ĭetermining the exact year of a bike is usually done based on the frame design as well as other features on the bike. The below examples are what are generally found. An amazing amount of variety exists between numbers even on the same models such as the ’37 Firestone Fleetwood Supreme. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to a lot of the early serial numbers seen on Huffman bicycles.
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