Here's a good find from the past couple of weeks - an unused Schwinn dural front hub in its box. I bought this hub online. The auction for it seems to have eluded notice by the kinds of collectors who spend real money on these things. The hub is missing its oiler band cap, but I should have a spare one I can use. This hub looks to be from the late 1940s or early 1950s.
The box is in nice shape.
These hubs are pretty simple - plain axle, caged bearings, and threaded cones. The drive side cone is threaded down tight to prevent it from self-tightening while the hub spins (similar to English front hubs of the time). However, the lighter alloy body and oiler port add a little "extra" to this hub. This would be a good hub on one of the nicer Schwinn 3-speed bikes with a fillet brazed frame.
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