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Yet, quite alarmingly, less than 20 percent of bike owners know their bike’s serial number, as Bicycle Law reports. What, exactly, is a bike serial number? A bike serial number is basically a string of digits that will have between six and 10 numbers in it. It is sometimes referred to as a bike frame number. Bike serial numbers aren’t standardized across the industry (or even, often, within a company), but there are a few tips we’ve found that might help you if you see multiple numbers that could be serial numbers. If it starts with EN (such as EN 14766), it’s most likely the bike’s part number, and not the serial number.
Sep 19, 2017 - What bike serial numbers are - and where to find them. Sep 19, 2017 - What bike serial numbers are - and where to find them. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. It requires a lot of study and at least some expertise. And it is extremely rare that a model number or a serial number was used for one year and one year only. And forget 'using the Schwinn format' or going by the name that is on the bicycle. Here is a typical question we get: 'I have a Western Flyer serial number 222xxx555. Donald Duck SHELBY Sport Boys Bicycle, 1949 1950 1951. Great rare bike showing signs of use through the years. Not sure of exact year but there is a SHELBY serial number plate underneath.
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All manufacturers apply a unique Vehicle Identification Number for each vehicle. We already checked more than 22 Shelby vehicles. Checking VIN you can find out: manufacturer, model, year of manufacture, engine type, factory manufacturing and remaining car specifications. You can also check whether the car was in an accident, theft, mileage, as well as use in a taxi and who is the owner.
Chart for decode Shelby VIN
17 digit number is easy to decode, look at the chart and relate the numbers. Or use the search form above.
Where to find Shelby VIN
All Schwinn serial numbers before August 17, 1948 were lost in an office fire. Serial numbers were under the bottom hanger bracket until 1952 when they were moved to the left rear dropout. They were moved again in 1972 to the head tube. Several different numbering systems were used and sometimes the same numbers were reused in different years.
New numbering system: First letter is the month; first digit is the year.
- D836694 = April 1958
- 1959 - A900000…
- 1960 - A000000…
- 1961 - A100000…
- 1962 - A200000…
- 1963 - A300000…
- 1964 - A400000…
New numbering system: First letter = month; second letter = year. I and O skipped to avoid confusion with one and zero.
- 1965 - AA00000…
- 1966 -AB00000…
- 1967 -AC00000…
- 1968 - AD00000…
- 1969 -AE00000…
- 1970 - AF00000…
- 1971 - AG00000…
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Serial Number moved to Head Tube
Shelby Bike Serial Numbers
- 1972 - AH00000…
- 1973 - AJ00000…
- 1974 - AK00000…
- 1975 - AL00000…
- 1976 - AM00000…
- 1977 - AN00000…
- 1978 - AP00000…
- 1979 - AQ00000…
- 1980 - AR00000…
- 1981 - AS00000…
- 1982 - AT00000…
Shelby Bike Serial Numbers
This information was taken from The Bicycle Trader August 1996, The West Coaster May/June 1991, and Collectable Schwinn-Built Bicycles by James L. Hurd.