Huffy Eldorado??

[SoulGarageOH]

I picked this up last week, and I just got around to trying to ID and date it. Has Huffy parts ( seat, coaster brake ). The only numbers I found are under crank case and it's only three digits. 811. That doesn't register anywhere. So going solely on looks and the huffy coaster I'm guessing it's an Eldorado around 1958-1960. Numbers are mysterious though.

It has a license sticker from 1966 on it from Celina, OH , which I believe is where huffys were made at this time. Pretty cool.


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[Phil Fink]

Has a 1960's middleweight (26 x 1.75") look to it - cantilevers and all.
My 1958 Huffy-built double bar, also middleweight, has a serial number on the left drop-out (rear fork); it begins with 8H 123 456

 

[Wildcat]

I think Phil is right, there will be a number on the left dropout, my guess is that it starts with 0H, making it a 1960 bike. Just a wild guess.
I think Huffy switched to the newer style chain wheel and chain guard in the early 60's.

 

[Phil Fink]

My 1958 Huffy-built was badged as a Western Flyer. Researching that double bar frame, I found at times that Huffy had different names, ~1951 "Mainliner" and ~1955 "Customliner" (top of line, 2/3-speed) and ~1958 "El Dorado".
A 1957 ad described the new Huffy Twin Arch (cantilevers).

 

[SoulGarageOH]

My 1958 Huffy-built was badged as a Western Flyer. Researching that double bar frame, I found at times that Huffy had different names, ~1951 "Mainliner" and ~1955 "Customliner" (top of line, 2/3-speed) and ~1958 "El Dorado".
A 1957 ad described the new Huffy Twin Arch (cantilevers).
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That's interesting. Are the numbers of your '58 on the left dropouts?
I checked and can find no numbers other than the 3 digits on the bottom bracket.


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[SoulGarageOH]

That's interesting. Are the numbers of your '58 on the left dropouts?
I checked and can find no numbers other than the 3 digits on the bottom bracket.


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Never mind Phil. I just realized you are the same person who responded first.


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[Phil Fink]

Huffy's double bar frames had rear drop-outs (with the chain tensioners).
I have seen some late 50's versions with the forward/down drop-outs, like yours on the cantilever frame.
Perhaps the drop-out serial numbers ended with the then new forward/down drop-out design.