60's Sears Cruiser Bike

[ratdaddy-dan]

i just picked this up thursday... what do ya think?

hey spokesmen... remember the light?

 

[chimichanga]

:shock:
Really nice looking bike! I would not do a thing to it except ride the thing till the wheels fall off!

 

[Danimal]

Great looking bike. Did the lantern come with it?

 

[ratina]

wow that is sweet! I agree, dont do anything but ride it!

 

[user 135]

Clean Machine.

 

[Unchained]

That is a very clean bicycle. That style frame (Murray cantilever) was used on Jc Higgins bicycles old by Sears beginning some time in '61 I believe, and not on all models. Being that yours is badged "Sears" it was very likely made from '64-'67. What seems interesting is that while the framer is Murray, the forks appear to be Columbia/Westfield.

NICE find!

 

[Graylock]

Sweet bike, my first new bike was a 1960 24" .

Whats the first two digits on the serial number ,should be on the rear dropout, possibly a letter followed by a number.

GL

 

[JLarkin]

It matches your cat!

 

[BrigmasterA]

That is a very clean bicycle. That style frame (Murray cantilever) was used on Jc Higgins bicycles old by Sears beginning some time in '61 I believe, and not on all models. Being that yours is badged "Sears" it was very likely made from '64-'67. What seems interesting is that while the framer is Murray, the forks appear to be Columbia/Westfield.

NICE find!

I've seen that style fork with that same paint/stars on a few different sears/higgins badged murrays, both men and womens. But either way, it's a nice complete bike that has survived very well! Like someone kept it in a bomb shelter and forgot about it til you got it!

 

[Gold Street Customs]

She purrrty!! you just dont find them that clean everyday.

 

[Markm]

NICE!!

 

[Unchained]

That is a very clean bicycle. That style frame (Murray cantilever) was used on Jc Higgins bicycles old by Sears beginning some time in '61 I believe, and not on all models. Being that yours is badged "Sears" it was very likely made from '64-'67. What seems interesting is that while the framer is Murray, the forks appear to be Columbia/Westfield.

NICE find!

I've seen that style fork with that same paint/stars on a few different sears/higgins badged murrays, both men and womens. But either way, it's a nice complete bike that has survived very well! Like someone kept it in a bomb shelter and forgot about it til you got it!

I stand corrected: I just learned today that the Westfield/Columbia fork crowns of the same years are almost identical to those of some Murray forks. Sorry for that mistake.

 

[roadmaster]

:shock: that is super clean and i wouldn't touch a thing! love that color and goes good with the cat. that lantern works on it too.

 

[deorman]

Maybe get a nice working saddle and store the stock buttbuster. :mrgreen:

 

[Rustinkerer]

I've seen that style fork with that same paint/stars on a few different sears/higgins badged murrays

I believe it goes back to the teens, when Sears advertised "Four Star Elgins". They used the stars on the forks thru the JC Higgins era, and into the 60s, obviously. Columbia came out with it's Three and Five star Deluxe models in the 50s. And, Westfield made the lion's share of Elgins up to around 1938, when Murray pretty much took over. All that being said, WOW! That's one spectacular Sears! ~Adam

 

[Singlespeed92]

Man,that thing's sick!!! Nice find :mrgreen:

 

[ratdaddy-dan]

yea that bike is cool, the lantern I got at a swap a few weeks ago and had vonmex stripe it.

 

[AuntJedi]

I just got this bike, I have been looking everywhere to find out about her.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Nice! You kinda woke an old thread with your post, might be better to start a new thread for your ride. However, your thread revival DID bring me that absolutely magnificent Sears above, so I guess you dun good!

 

[AuntJedi]

Nice! You kinda woke an old thread with your post, might be better to start a new thread for your ride. However, your thread revival DID bring me that absolutely magnificent Sears above, so I guess you dun good!

Hey old stuff is good right! Lol
I will probably start a new thread tho. But man I'm glad I found this one.
My bike isn't in such pristine condition, but it is definitely the same model. I'm frigging excited.