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Kruez

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Disguised as a Huffy Diamondback. Great patina. Been cleaning the chain before I take it apart. Planning to keep the petina and drop some 26x2.35 creams between the crusty rims. What year do you think it is?

Wondering what application would require a hole through the top bar. The hole is lined up directly with your line of sight while seated on the bike. Has a hairline Crack in the rear rail to contend with as well. Thanks for the ID help. Paid $45.- for it. Its worth messing with.
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Perhaps the frozen water in the frame would explain the rail Crack as well.

Oh well, parts is parts.
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Very rare to find any bike without flaws .
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Huffman it is , p.s. let me kno if you would like me too delete my post so you can keep posting comments on your own post ? :D
 
A.S.BOLTNUT said:
Very rare to find any bike without flaws .
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Huffman it is , p.s. let me kno if you would like me too delete my post so you can keep posting comments on your own post ? :D
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Clearly not the original badge. Frame is unsafe for klunking duty. Or speed bumps even. The top tube hole remains a mystery. Perhaps flaws was a poor choice of word on my part.

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Moving forward with repairing and building this bike. If I'm not happy with the frame, parts is parts.


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I, too, think it can be saved. Check carefully for any hidden weak spots from rust inside the frame, though. I see what you mean about the badge, but the frame DOES look like a Huffy to me. Other parts are a mish-mash. Sweetheart ring looks Schwinn..guard, mid-60's Hawthorne?
 
I, three, think it can be saved. You will have to weld, grind and possibly even add a sleeve but it can be saved as long as you are ok with the above. I have saved worse. I agree with you-would not klunk on though. Good luck!
 
Looks like 1950's Huffy Mainliner, Customliner or lastly, El Dorado.
The two top bars come together for a streamlined tank.
There were Western Flyer, Bluegrass and other equivalents.
The safety/fits-sooner frame was superseded by the new Huffy Twin Arch (read cantilever) ~1957, with con-current or overlap in sales (parts clean-up). I believe these were middleweights, 26 x 1.75" - Left drop-out serno.
 
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Not sure about the bike, but comment about the hole in the top tube got my attention. I have a 56 Panther with the same hole, and am interested in any reasonable explanation. Didn't mean to hijack thread. Thanks David
 
dlf58 said:
Not sure about the bike, but comment about the hole in the top tube got my attention. I have a 56 Panther with the same hole, and am interested in any reasonable explanation. Didn't mean to hijack thread. Thanks David
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No Hi jack, even more intrigued. So what do you think the reason might be. Side car, newspaper bag, some sort of rack?


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Sidecar? That's a prospect I hadn't considered, but sounds plausible. Difficult to believe that a mounting hole, rather than a beefy clamp, would have been used, however.
 
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