muscle bike? but who made it?

[jats]

new driveway donation not sure what it is but I think the chain ring might be Schwinn but the rest is an unknown its serial number is J224103

any help on this would be most excellent! and thanks up front

 

[ratina]

The frame is an AMF

 

[jats]

sweet any idea on the year? and is the chain ring Schwinn?

 

[ratina]

There are no charts to decode these, I would guess 60's though. It's hard to see the chain ring in the pictures but it looks like a Schwinn piece

 

[jats]

oh well tried to find some picture of what it would look like and found A couple and think I am going to throw it in the future build pile! are the drop outs common in AMF or were they used on other bikes. I have another like frame in the barn that has the same patina and look

 

[ratina]

oh well tried to find some picture of what it would look like and found A couple and think I am going to throw it in the future build pile! are the drop outs common in AMF or were they used on other bikes. I have another like frame in the barn that has the same patina and look

The dropouts are AMF specific

 

[blackdiamond]

oh well tried to find some picture of what it would look like and found A couple and think I am going to throw it in the future build pile! are the drop outs common in AMF or were they used on other bikes. I have another like frame in the barn that has the same patina and look

The dropouts are AMF specific

Yup AMF for sure, most likely made in Little Rock, Ark. the fork and dropouts are AMF specific. I just picked a full one up today.

This could have been a: AMF Renegade or, AMF aerobee or, AMF rengade-aerobee or a Western Flyer bike

Can you get a pic of the headtube?

 

[jats]

head tube pics for you

 

[blackdiamond]

Mid 60s, cause it had a real headbadge not just a sticker

heres mine :arrow: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=69064

 

[jats]

thank you

 

[NLCTVWguy]

Ross, for sure (Chain Bike Co. of NY) and some others used 36-tooth Lucky-7 sprockets like Schwinns. They are hard to tell the difference even side by side. Pull the crank and look for letters and date code on the center of the crank, which might narrow it down.

Schwinn dated their forgings but not the sprockets. Some of the 5-speed sprockets say "MAG" or Patent Pending but this one won't even if it is in fact a Schwinn part.

Cool bike, sandblast it and do it up however you like.

--Rob

 

[jats]

ty, was thinking of a old school bmx king of look