In the ‘old days’ (a time which seems to have ended in the past twenty five years or so), a youngster became an apprentice in a chosen field and learned its history from the older employees. My purpose for creating these databases is simple. Insomnia is my saving grace, otherwise there would be no time for any of this.
#Dunelt bicycle serial number chart free#
Not only do I have a full-time job (I run my own business restoring and selling vintage vehicles) and am a hands-on parent of a young child, but I spend a minimum 30 hours every week building, updating and maintaining these free websites to help you do your own research. To sift through information to try and find similar pictures to your unidentified bicycle would take me months, and I’m already doing similar research on my own bikes. I’m not being callous about this. With an estimated 15,000 bicycle manufacturers, the odds are stacked against me recognizing yours in any case, I do not claim to be an expert, just an assiduous recorder of information. The answer, in short, is that I do not have time to tell you either. Starting Jthe serial number was moved to the rear left dropout.‘How old is my bicycle?’ is a question I get asked a lot, nearly as much as: ‘I have a bicycle that looks like one of yours if I send you pictures please can you identify it for me?’ This system ran up until about the mid 1960s. 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.
#Dunelt bicycle serial number chart 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. 1934 Serial Numer 1937-38 generally used five numbers with one number below. 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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