Vintage Huffy Dragster II- is it worth restoring?

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Let me be upfront, I am no collector, just really dig how cool this looks. I have some time on my hands and was contemplating restoring the bike for resale purpose. Would it be worth the project?
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Restoring it for a profit? Not likely, as restoring it would be bringing it back to new condition. A good clean and tune-up...there is probably some profit in that. Or, the easiest...putting it up for sale as is on a site like this...no real effort beyond packing it up.

That isn't a super desirable muscle bike...but, it is complete with accessories, there will be people that would love to have it.
 
Thank you for the info.
It's being sold at an estate sale and I was contemplating scooping it up. What would your max bid $ be, If you wouldn't mind?
 
I'm not the best one to ask on values of muscle bike stuff...when I look at those pics, the first thing I see is a bmx bike with a bunch of crap that needs to be stripped off it :agree:.

However, when I get past that initial reaction, I can imagine that some of the muscle bike guys will be on drooling all over themselves...everything is there, and more, and looks mostly salvageable. So, me...I would consider dropping up to a hundo on it IF I was thinking about fixing up a muscle bike (I wouldn't invite the bad juju by stripping that complete of a bike to make a vintage bmx bike...but, if it got parted, I'd seriously consider picking up the frame).

I can imagine that a muscle bike guy, or just someone who had a bike like this when they were a kid, might be willing to go higher.

@CRASH @Jaxon @JNOACK @jrcarz @Scribble
 
Neat find! I’d say ‘64... maybe early ‘65? The serial number will tell the tale. Regardless, to answer your questions:

current value: well, it’s complete. And it’s not very common. But in its condition, it’s completely unusable as a rider or display bike. So at an estate sale I’d say $20. But no more than $50. If you get someone who has American-Picker-itus, and thinks they have found the holy grail in the rough, and bid it up, let them have it.

Worth restoring? Depends on your definition of restored. If I were to restore it, I’d get everything re-chromed because it’s been sitting in a barn for 50 years. That chrome would probably run $500. It would need painted of course, new decals, tires, seat would need recovered, grips... it will get expensive. Easy guess: $1,000. Sell price: $800 at best. So, no profit. I could be wrong on the numbers. Maybe you know someone who can chrome it cheap. Paint it cheap. So maybe then. But, it would have to be done right to get a collector’s attention who will spend the kind of money you will need to turn a profit.
Hope that helps.
 

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