Help with an old Scwhinn

(Kevin) said:

I found an old Schwinn at a sale. It says "Hornet" on the chain guard
with the Schwinn badge in the chainguard directly above the crank.
The badge on the headset says "Schwinn Spitfire". Can anyone help
identify the year it was manufactured. Any help would be appreciated.

Find the serial number. Either under the bottom bracket, on the LH
rear dropout or on the RH side of the head tube (One of those should
do it for you). The serial number is coded with the manufacture date.

Dan Brussee said:

(Kevin) said:

I found an old Schwinn at a sale. It says "Hornet" on the chain guard
with the Schwinn badge in the chainguard directly above the crank.
The badge on the headset says "Schwinn Spitfire". Can anyone help
identify the year it was manufactured. Any help would be appreciated.

Find the serial number. Either under the bottom bracket, on the LH
rear dropout or on the RH side of the head tube (One of those should
do it for you). The serial number is coded with the manufacture date.

Um .... so what's the code? The s/n on my old Schwinn is of the form
#L####, where # are digits and L is a letter.

Michael