Info Help, '49 Higgins step-thru?

[68z27]

This past week I bought it and did some research here at RRB and this is what I think/guess. The rest of the info, accessories, color, color accents, etc I have no clue...
BB numbers:
MOS-N (Murry Ohio Sears - 1949 ?)
MOD 502 252 (model # ?)
195484 (in larger font size (serial # ?)

The pics are in as received condition. It looks like someone repainted EVERYTHING in red:

beehive spring looks like chrome underneath, head badge has drips, steel wheels painted off white (factory?), not sure what the holes are in rear fender, etc

I dig the bike because prior to coming to RRB I had never even HEARD of a skip tooth (bee hive spring, fender skirts, etc) much less ever having SEEN one....

Any info would be appreciated......md

 

[musclebikemadman]

Yes a '49 indicated by the N ,they started with A in 1936

 

[Wildcat]

This is a 49 JC Higgins, pic from the CABE. The holes in the fender are for skirt guards. You also have a Schwinn chain guard. On all these bikes I've seen, they have the brace on the outside of the fenders. You may have replacement fenders.

 

[BobbyStillz]

This past week I bought it and did some research here at RRB and this is what I think/guess. The rest of the info, accessories, color, color accents, etc I have no clue...
BB numbers:
MOS-N (Murry Ohio Sears - 1949 ?)
MOD 502 252 (model # ?)
195484 (in larger font size (serial # ?)

The pics are in as received condition. It looks like someone repainted EVERYTHING in red:View attachment 268696View attachment 268697 beehive spring looks like chrome underneath, head badge has drips, steel wheels painted off white (factory?), not sure what the holes are in rear fender, etc

I dig the bike because prior to coming to RRB I had never even HEARD of a skip tooth (bee hive spring, fender skirts, etc) much less ever having SEEN one....

Any info would be appreciated......md

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Best fork ever! (At least it's one of my favorites)

Be careful with the bolts on the rocker plates. They are shouldered bolts, specific to this style of springer fork.

 

[68z27]

Wow, thanx for the heads-up....

 

[68z27]

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This is a 49 JC Higgins, pic from the CABE. The holes in the fender are for skirt guards. You also have a Schwinn chain guard. On all these bikes I've seen, they have the brace on the outside of the fenders. You may have replacement fenders.

Interesting. I guess I shouldn't be surprised: Schwinn chain guard, Schwinn hand grips, and Schwinn tires (26 x 2.125)....

I would like to find some fender skirts and then perhaps deal with the chain guard....