usa made 16" mongoose..pit bike?

[bikedudeomaha]

so a friend of a friend dropped this off to me today. wondering if anyone has any info on this. is it a pit bike? or maybe just a kids bike? any value? year? i dont think the tires and rims are correct. had a schwinn seat on it.
thx for any info
allen

 

[bikedudeomaha]

bummer...looks to be made in taiwan...1985 still a cool little bike

 

[bikedudeomaha]

cleaned up real nice.

 

[heartlandcruisers]

looks cool and you could always turn it into a pit ike with a few added parts like a laid back seta post larger bars and a larger seat and some mags if you wanna go that route i love pit bikes so this thing is cool to me