Pre-war Skip tooth Huffman

[Kruez]

Disguised as a Huffy Diamondback. Great patina. Been cleaning the chain before I take it apart. Planning to keep the petina and drop some 26x2.35 creams between the crusty rims. What year do you think it is?

Wondering what application would require a hole through the top bar. The hole is lined up directly with your line of sight while seated on the bike. Has a hairline Crack in the rear rail to contend with as well. Thanks for the ID help. Paid $45.- for it. Its worth messing with.

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[Kruez]

Perhaps not every bike should be saved.

Looks like a frozen pipe burst. It's a gusher.

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[Kruez]

Perhaps the frozen water in the frame would explain the rail Crack as well.

Oh well, parts is parts.

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[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Very rare to find any bike without flaws .
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Huffman it is , p.s. let me kno if you would like me too delete my post so you can keep posting comments on your own post ?

 

[ADVHOG]

Heck, the skip chain is worth the $45! I think the frame is savable if you were so inclined...

 

[Kruez]

Very rare to find any bike without flaws .
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Huffman it is , p.s. let me kno if you would like me too delete my post so you can keep posting comments on your own post ?

Clearly not the original badge. Frame is unsafe for klunking duty. Or speed bumps even. The top tube hole remains a mystery. Perhaps flaws was a poor choice of word on my part.

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[Kruez]

Heck, the skip chain is worth the $45! I think the frame is savable if you were so inclined...

Thinking about it.

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[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Heck, the skip chain is worth the $45! I think the frame is savable if you were so inclined...

I've sold many skiptooth chains and never gotten 45.00 ?

 

[Kruez]

Moving forward with repairing and building this bike. If I'm not happy with the frame, parts is parts.


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[RustySprockets]

I, too, think it can be saved. Check carefully for any hidden weak spots from rust inside the frame, though. I see what you mean about the badge, but the frame DOES look like a Huffy to me. Other parts are a mish-mash. Sweetheart ring looks Schwinn..guard, mid-60's Hawthorne?

 

[Oak Tree]

I, three, think it can be saved. You will have to weld, grind and possibly even add a sleeve but it can be saved as long as you are ok with the above. I have saved worse. I agree with you-would not klunk on though. Good luck!

 

[Phil Fink]

Looks like 1950's Huffy Mainliner, Customliner or lastly, El Dorado.
The two top bars come together for a streamlined tank.
There were Western Flyer, Bluegrass and other equivalents.
The safety/fits-sooner frame was superseded by the new Huffy Twin Arch (read cantilever) ~1957, with con-current or overlap in sales (parts clean-up). I believe these were middleweights, 26 x 1.75" - Left drop-out serno.

 

[dlf58]

Not sure about the bike, but comment about the hole in the top tube got my attention. I have a 56 Panther with the same hole, and am interested in any reasonable explanation. Didn't mean to hijack thread. Thanks David

 

[Kruez]

Not sure about the bike, but comment about the hole in the top tube got my attention. I have a 56 Panther with the same hole, and am interested in any reasonable explanation. Didn't mean to hijack thread. Thanks David

No Hi jack, even more intrigued. So what do you think the reason might be. Side car, newspaper bag, some sort of rack?


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[dlf58]

Wish I had an answer, or good guess. Hoping someone else could shed some light! David

 

[RustySprockets]

Sidecar? That's a prospect I hadn't considered, but sounds plausible. Difficult to believe that a mounting hole, rather than a beefy clamp, would have been used, however.

 

[Phil Fink]

Looks like 1950's

I believe that the Huffman-built is post-war Huffman or later Huffy, not a pre-war (Dayton?). I believe that the 18" doublebar frame design, tightening at the seat tube, may have been new about 1948.
http://www.nostalgic.net/1948-huffman-catalog (not 1941)
Perhaps the hole (oversize) was for an aftermarket electrical wire access to inside a tank (not there).
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/huffy-tank-with-horn-sold.69203/

 

[The Black Monark]

yep, this is a post WWII Huffman-built frame, aka Huffy.