Rusty Huffy Muscle Bike

[DeltaNine]

I found this gem at the Vintage Motor Bike Club annual meeting and swap meet in Portland Indiana last month. I can't say why, but there's always a ton of bicycles/parts there. A fun event if you are so inclined.
Vital Stats: HC0087141 on neck, C70487rj and C 2016 stamped on rear stays. From what I understand, the 7 is year of production. Gotta be 1967. Please pass along any other bits of info that can be decoded. Whatever decal that was once on the neck is long gone. It doesn't look like the chain guard ever had one.

The wheels are too far gone to mess with right now. I bought some generic aluminums. The rear does a nice Hawaiian Hula dance.

Not using these parts either:

Found this saddle at the swap meet too:

These are off fleabay:

This is where I'm at right now. Bike is fully disassembled. I used #0000 steel wool, then 1500 wet/dry, and finally medium polishing compound on the frame. Waiting for better weather to shoot 2K clearcoat. (Mosquitos are out in force now as well). I'm pleased with the results so far. I love this color blue. It reminds me of the '70s Honda Z50 and CT70 colors.

The one piece I'm not entirely happy with is the chainguard. It took the worst of the rust. If anyone has a better/more appropriate replacement hit me up in a DM. We'll work out a deal.

Thanks to everyone for checking out my latest project. I'll post more as the bike goes together.

Mark

 

[Pondo]

'70s Honda Z50

My '69 Z50 was a similar color. It's too sunburned to tell now.

 

[DeltaNine]

Baking clearcoat in August Texas sun.

 

[DeltaNine]

Please note poll at top of post. Thank you!

 

[jtmasters68]

I found this gem at the Vintage Motor Bike Club annual meeting and swap meet in Portland Indiana last month. I can't say why, but there's always a ton of bicycles/parts there. A fun event if you are so inclined.
Vital Stats: HC0087141 on neck, C70487rj and C 2016 stamped on rear stays. From what I understand, the 7 is year of production. Gotta be 1967. Please pass along any other bits of info that can be decoded. Whatever decal that was once on the neck is long gone. It doesn't look like the chain guard ever had one.
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The wheels are too far gone to mess with right now. I bought some generic aluminums. The rear does a nice Hawaiian Hula dance. View attachment 275306
Not using these parts either:View attachment 275311
Found this saddle at the swap meet too:View attachment 275312
These are off fleabay:View attachment 275314
This is where I'm at right now. Bike is fully disassembled. I used #0000 steel wool, then 1500 wet/dry, and finally medium polishing compound on the frame. Waiting for better weather to shoot 2K clearcoat. (Mosquitos are out in force now as well). I'm pleased with the results so far. I love this color blue. It reminds me of the '70s Honda Z50 and CT70 colors.View attachment 275326
The one piece I'm not entirely happy with is the chainguard. It took the worst of the rust. If anyone has a better/more appropriate replacement hit me up in a DM. We'll work out a deal.

Thanks to everyone for checking out my latest project. I'll post more as the bike goes together.

Mark

What a fabulous bike. I have two classic Huffys...step through cruisers...both dumpster finds. You've done a great job preserving this one in its original patina. I've heard of restoring a faded, old finish can be done with a rubbed-in treatment of boiled linseed oil. Have you ever tried that? Continue your fine work!
Jason