Schwinn Serial Number Chart
Schwinn serial numbers, prior to 1948, were lost in a factory fire. The serial
numbers were located under the bottom bracket until 1952. They were then
switched to the left rear fork end on April 17, 1958. In mid 1970 the serial
number was then changed to the bottom portion of the head tube.
(CT =
Cycletruck; WZ , S-10 = Whizzer; Tdm = Tandem. )
1948 D92598 - E67000 E670001 - E262108 11001 - 13398 WZ 1-3447 S-10
1949 F000100 - F31649 F321358 - F364549 S312650 - S321357G000100 -
G003166 T001000 - T001217 Tdm F160598 - 163107 CT 5000 - 7408 WZ 3825 - 5986
S-10
1950 G003167 - G294890 G310130 - G318061 G335123 - G343221 G355966 -
G531230 Z294891 - Z310129Z320777 - Z335122Z343222 - Z355965H000001 - H000666
5987 - 6244 S-10 G164355 - G165580 CT
1951 H000667 - H437160 A01370 - A87593 H166581 - H166580 CT H273273 -
H437160 CT 6657 - 7738 WZ 7739 - 8110 S-10
1952 A87594 - A97867 B00001 - B99999 C00001 - C99999 D00001 - D66447
E00001 - E99999 F00001 - F99999 G00001 - G44000
1953 H60001 - H99999 J00001 - J99999 K00001 - K99999 A00001 - A99999
B00001 - B99999 C00001 - C99999 D00001 - D20266
1954 L00001 -L99999 M00001 - M99999 N00001 - N99999 P00001 - P17600
1955 P17601 - P99999 R01452 - R99999 S00001 - S99999 T00001 - T99999
U00001 - U56286
1956 U57805 - U99999 V00001 - V99999 W00001 - W93942 L00001 - L99999
M03569 - M25000 N25164 - N99999 P00001 - P25622 R25623 - R383161957 B18549 -
B99999 C00001 - C99999 D00001 - D24842 7D24843 - 7D49811 7E00001 - 7E99999
7F00001 - 7F10609 R58261 - R61241 R66270 - R99999 S01400 - S47570
1957 B18549 - B99999; C00001 - C99999; R41605 - R58440; D00001 - D24842;
7D24843 - 7D75700; R58545 - R61241; 7D05700 - 7D49811; 7E00001 - 7E32750; R66270
- R99999; S01400 - S05559; 7E35006 - 7E99999; S05578 - S47570.
1958 8F10685 - 8F99999; 8G00001 - 8G08079; 8L00001 - 8L39400; D836694 -
D852273; E813260 - E853548; F853549 - F864406; G864407 - G870020; H870023 -
H836078; J811112 - J842720; K811111 - K844869; L811111 - L821670; M811125 -
M833032.
New numbering system: First
letter is the month; first digit is the year. D836694 = April 1958
1959 - A900000…
1960 - A100000…
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…
1972 - AH00000…
1973 - AJ00000…
1974 - AK00000…
1975 - AL00000…
1976 - AM00000…
1977 - AN00000…
1978 - AP00000…
1979 - AQ00000…
1980 - AR00000…
1981 - AS00000…
1982 - AT00000…
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