sears 3-speed

[scrumblero]

this one followed me home today... :roll: must be the tall model, check out that headtube!!

love the sideways shifting shimano too :lol: :lol:

 

[scrumblero]

cool bike !! if youuuus need any parts lmk got a nice 3 speed wheel set with new tires ...tin

wheels look OK I need an OG front fender though!! :mrgreen:

 

[Rustinkerer]

That looks like a frame fail to me! Maybe was rewelded? -Adam

 

[Wildcat]

Plenty of good parts there.

It does look like the frame was modified. The shifter must have bumped into something, the part with the bend in it needs straightened, and you're good to go!

 

[Unchained]

That looks like a frame fail to me! Maybe was rewelded? -Adam

Yeah, looks like someone did some work toi the toptube near the headtube. Kinda lumpy! :mrgreen:

Great find! Some of these older Sears badged cruisers have extra thick tubing. I had a Murray made one like that at least, similar to this one. I'm not sure if this one is Murray or Austrian, hard to see the dropouts in the pics.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Great score Your dog seems to like it too :mrgreen: :lol:

 

[scrumblero]

I thought it was a huffy but maybe a murray... pretty sure thats the way the headtube came,, doesnt look to be spliced on... :roll:

 

[Unchained]

I thought it was a huffy but maybe a murray... pretty sure thats the way the headtube came,, doesnt look to be spliced on... :roll:

That could very well be. With a second look, the sprocket does appear to be a Huffy piece, as does the top nut of the headset (I'm not sure how reliable that is, but I've seen that particular nut on a lot of Huffy headsets). The dropouts also seem identical to those of a ladies Huffy 3 speed I just cut up. Sorry 'bout that

 

[scrumblero]

HA!!! just saw this on CL same crazy hedtube!! wacky....