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Luvmyboyz wrote:
Looking for help to identify this prewar ASC Packard bicycle. I believe it to be 1940
By now you likely are aware that ASC serial number records prior to 1948 were destroyed in a fire. I have all of the original records direct from ASC (not the internet). Saved these records in the 1970s and they are not the same as you might see on the internet or in "books." NBHAA's Schwinn serial numbers fill a large binder. NBHAA has serial number projections as well. But no matter who says otherwise, ASC prewar serial numbers are nowhere near as easy and concrete to decode as some would have you think.
What makes you think this bicycle is 1940 and not 1941 or 1942?
Anyway, what you have here in the photos is rather wildly customized with non-original parts and new paint. For instance the The scallop paint patterns are not for this frame and the rear hub appears to be from the 1960s. The handlebar-mounted Delta light was never originally used on this bicycle. The headlight on the front fender is from the 1960s... the seat appears to be a modern repop from the 1980s-90s...and there are other changes.
In order to get a proper identification a lot more photos would be needed. And with so many original parts missing/changed parts and paint changed you would need to start with all of the details (wheel size, hub types, headbadge pic and type, sprocket pic, guard pics, detailed fender pics, etc. etc.).
Even far better to see pics of what it looked like before it was customized.
A good, complete set of photos is the starting place to get an accurate ID done.
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