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Found this one on tip from a friend who saw it in an old farm dump .

vintage Tall bike built from 26" frame as shown . headbadge missing.

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I did find one photo online of a gold one, twin to this green one, but no id in the pic I found, either.

I originally thought rollfast, but the twin top tubes extend beside the head tube.

input ?

if I can get it apart, hope to build it up, the rust cosmetically is not too bad, paint still nice in spots, but the fork is rusted solid, crank,chain,etc... we'll see if the WD-40 and persistance will help .

couple others in there, rollfast in very rusty condition ( tubes near rotted through :cry: ), and an Open Road 10 speed (rusted solid, I left it ). Did also bring home a 20" front wheel with real nice chrome, but rusty spokes, old 20 spoke wheel ( just because ) .
Might poke around some more, but most stuff is way too far gone...
 
Huffy. Look on the left rear dropout for the serial number. First digit should be a number and the second a letter. The first number is the year code. 6 = 66. 5 = 65. etc.
 
Looks more like a Hawthorn mid to late 60's.I have had a number of these over the years with this sprocket,in fact there are two red ones behind me.
-Kreep
 
Hawthorne had a frame very similar, but the twinn top tubes end IN the head tube where as the Huffy goes past the head tube and had plugs in the ends at one time.
 

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