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My little brother bought this for me. He saw it on Marketplace and thought of me. So I'm going to build it up into a muscle bike. I don't know anything about it, but this is what I'm starting with. If you guys know anything about it or what year it might be from, let me know.
 
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Welcome to the fun of a RRB build off!

Just a tip, when you upload your photos, click on "Full Image" and then the image will load so we see it in full view, and don't have to re-click on the file again.

I don't think we have many, if any, from S. Dakota on this site. Welcome again!

RaT oN~!
 
Welcome to the fun of a RRB build off!

Just a tip, when you upload your photos, click on "Full Image" and then the image will load so we see it in full view, and don't have to re-click on the file again.

I don't think we have many, if any, from S. Dakota on this site. Welcome again!

RaT oN~!
Thanks! I wasn't sure how to do that last night.
 
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This thing has been sitting for so long that there is moss growing on the seat! It makes me happy knowing I'm going to give a new life to a bike that someone loved. Judging by the tires wear pattern, they rode the crap out of it. Also, it has a bicycle license sticker from the largest city in our state, which is about an hour away from me. And it has a sticker for "Woodmen of America."
 
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Well, your first photo came out big anyway! :wink1:
Click Full Size for each one you load to a post.

Those stickers and head tag tell the story of this bike. It would be cool to keep them. I did a restore of my friend's '69 Schwinn Stingray a couple of MBBO's ago. Basically, I used 3M blue tape over the stickers and logos I wanted to keep. Make sure you seal the tape well along the edges of the stickers. Leave on through the cleaning, priming, and painting process.

Here are a few photos from what I did with his.

What it looked like when I got it....

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With the blue tape applied to prep the paint 'refresh'. I just used the factory match paint and did a spray over on the original. No primer coat.

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The results. His bicycle license, Twins logo, etc intact just the way they were in 1969. The Schwinn approved water decals were added to go along with the refresh.

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Well, your first photo came out big anyway! :wink1:
Click Full Size for each one you load to a post.

Those stickers and head tag tell the story of this bike. It would be cool to keep them. I did a restore of my friend's '69 Schwinn Stingray a couple of MBBO's ago. Basically, I used 3M blue tape over the stickers and logos I wanted to keep. Make sure you seal the tape well along the edges of the stickers. Leave on through the cleaning, priming, and painting process.

Here are a few photos from what I did with his.

What it looked like when I got it....

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With the blue tape applied to prep the paint 'refresh'. I just used the factory match paint and did a spray over on the original. No primer coat.

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The results. His bicycle license, Twins logo, etc intact just the way they were in 1969. The Schwinn approved water decals were added to go along with the refresh.

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Are they big now?
 
Are they big now?
And I do plan to keep the stickers. I have 3 local bike in my collection. One is a 70s fair lady 20" with my home town stickers and license and the other is an 85 predator black shadow from the same town as this bike.
 
That headtube sticker is commonly found on early 80s huffys (~'79-'83). Check the serial, it should start with HC# (could be H# or #H as well)...that number is the last digit of the year. So an HC2, for this bike, should indicate 1982.
 
So I did some disassembling. Polished up the Chrome on the sissy bar. It came up pretty nice. The seat is going to take a lot of work but I managed to save the cover for a template.
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So this is the best I could get the serial at the moment. 31777huffyk0397 I believe there seems to be un upside down 43 too under the serial
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I really think this is just a cookie-cutter frame that they put different colors of seats and grips and stickers on and called it a different model because I have seen this exact frame on about 10 other bikes. Look. 4 out of 6 have the same frame and fenders.
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Yeah...there is nothing special about these girls bikes...they had a ridiculous variety of model names for essentially the same bike. However, the SN challenge is real :thumbsup:. I found a little tidbit that might indicate this is a '77, but not the same tidbit as Dr.T...but, I'm still having trouble believing this bike pre-dated Miami Vice :grin:.

Have you looked on the head tube for an ID#?
 
Yeah...there is nothing special about these girls bikes...they had a ridiculous variety of model names for essentially the same bike. However, the SN challenge is real :thumbsup:. I found a little tidbit that might indicate this is a '77, but not the same tidbit as Dr.T...but, I'm still having trouble believing this bike pre-dated Miami Vice :grin:.

Have you looked on the head tube for an ID#?
Not, I haven't. I haven't taken it apart yet.
 

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