reneged JC Higgins

[flatflip]

Been watching a guy down the street clean out his garage. Nothing went to the street. Then He got a huge rent-a-dumpster so I stopped and said "you're not throwing out those bikes are you?". He said Yea, they're yours if you want them. So I loaded the English Huffy and walked back for the JC Higgins. He says, I think I'll keep this old Sears bike. It was his as a kid. So I said, I'll give you $20 for it. He says OK.

 

[mastronaut]

Best 20 you'll ever spend! Welcome to the Flightliner club!

 

[Xcruiser]

Yup,gotta love them flightliners and spaceliners. You really nailed it on that one.Its in great shape.

 

[scott brownsey]

sweet deal looks like the seat on the huffy belongs on the flightliner to me

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Nice Flightliner. I'm still looking for one to put next to my Spaceliner. GREAT buy at $20.

 

[rusty513]

I love that year of JC Higgins

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

SCORE!

 

[flatflip]

Thanks for the great welcome. I really considered the red and white seat for the Higgins but it says "Made In England" on the badge. It must be original for the Huffy. Lots of the Huffy parts are stamped England.

I've got my eye on a Troxel seat. I wanted a Mesinger for some reason. I'm no expert so I could use some advice here. Any thoughts? The Troxel has a crash guard and looks like a Mesinger.

Also, I could really use a hint as to where to find fat tires. It has 26 X 1.75 Allstate's on it now.

Thank You, Mick

 

[mastronaut]

In my opinion the Troxel seat was uncomfortable but I liked the crashbar, so a little modification on the undercarriage was needed. 8)

 

[Jpromo]

Thanks for the great welcome. I really considered the red and white seat for the Higgins but it says "Made In England" on the badge. It must be original for the Huffy. Lots of the Huffy parts are stamped England.

I've got my eye on a Troxel seat. I wanted a Mesinger for some reason. I'm no expert so I could use some advice here. Any thoughts? The Troxel has a crash guard and looks like a Mesinger.

Also, I could really use a hint as to where to find fat tires. It has 26 X 1.75 Allstate's on it now.

Thank You, Mick

What's nice about that bike is that it was likely a Huffy Sportsman. Huffy Sportsman was a rebadged Raleigh Sports. Made in England and of pretty good quality. Nice finds!

 

[flatflip]

I sold the Huffy to a friend for $20 the day after I got it and have regretted it ever since. He's worth it though. He's been slowly restoring it since and still needs a fender. It is a "peaked" fender. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Mick

 

[partsguy]

I may have a fender for that Huffy, I'll have to go outside and look aorund though. The storm made a mess of my boneyard. A Raleigh rear fender got tossed in the neighbor's backyard last night and I found it this morning :lol:

 

[flatflip]

I may have a fender for that Huffy, I'll have to go outside and look aorund though. The storm made a mess of my boneyard. A Raleigh rear fender got tossed in the neighbor's backyard last night and I found it this morning :lol:

Thanks for the reply. Check it out when you get time and holler back!

Mick