4/25/2023 0 Comments Elgin serial number![]() Beginning in 1938 Sears started to place a decal on the frame with model and manufacturer information but before that no such information was applied to the bikes.Īs far as dating non Westfield Elgins by serial number, until someone finds Sears complete files on the matter (which may never have existed in any complete form in one place at one time), the onus is on us collectors to build serial number data bases to try to pin down models and years ![]() With any Elgin the first thing is to determine the manufacturer as the serial numbers themselves were specific to the manufacturers rather than to Sears. ![]() Sears didn?t offer a real replacement name for this model in the catalog, but a good descriptive name would be ?Late 36 Westfield/Elgin moto-balloon? ![]() It is not technically an Oriole because at the time it was built Sears had ?moved? the Oriole name from the moto-balloon model to the curved tube model that is essentially a double top tube, tank-less Robin. Westfield built bikes are fairly easy to date this way. The bike is from about August of 1936 which is discernable from the serial number. This bike first appeared on the Ratrodbike site and I answered some questions there.
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