Columbia/Goodyear Highway Patrol?

[Sulley]

Well i stripped off the ugly white house paint on the front forks, found ugly green paint under it, picked up a fender light, not correct im sure but it works so thats cool, popped on another seat and its a rider. Sulley

[Sulley]

[BlackJack]

Funkadelic!

[Deerevdevore]

So how are you guys putting a year on your Goodyears? I have a skip tooth stripped down and flat blacked out. Serial number L310788. Thanks for any help.

[Bama Bill]

I got mine off the Columbia list.I used the Columbia #s.A125472.My tag just has Goodyear and Hi-Way Patrol on it.It is a '55 girls

[deorman]

http://www.vintagecolumbiabikes.com/id79.html

[Rustinkerer]

I contacted Mr Columbia and sent a picture, he first thought the bike was from the 40s untill i sent him the s/n, this is a quote from him.

Quote:
It's newer than I had first guessed. It is from 1958. Since it is a customer bike there is not an exact model in the Columbia catalogs but it is equivalent to the boy's Columbia Torpedo. A different chain-guard and sprocket are the main differences.

So im thinking that the chainring and chain guard are correct. Sulley

I was checkin Classic Bicycle News' Columbia 1948-63 book, which has a complete '58 catalog. New for that year was the "swept-wing" chainguard, which has kind of a fin on it, and all had the standard 5 star chainring. -Adam

[Sulley]

Ok im just tellin yea what the Columbia guy said, i dont know a thing about them, im not changin it, its just a rider. Thanks Sulley