Originally Posted by
dweenk
I had a 1975-ish Sears 12 speed with a serial number 5C108449/489 471 430. I assume that 489 is the manufacturer number and it would be Asian - probably Japan or Taiwan.
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thank you!
serial and item numbers are marked separately
"usually" the item number is struck more evenly/uniformly than the serial
have not previously heard of any bicycle vendor numbers below 500...but then am attempting to learn about them
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