some kind of huffy

[Metal Militia]

this is the other bike i got at the garage sale with the jc higgins jet flow. it rides better than it looks. i think it's a huffy built western flyer, but don't know for sure. it was originally metallic red with white accents. any help is appreciated. thanks

 

[Unchained]

I want to say that they began using that chainguard in 1963. I am not 100% positive, but I am pretty sure. I also think that after 1965 that the frames had the cantilever tubes ahead of the head tube and in the reverse positions of yours (as the top tube rather than meeting the downtube?) and with long plastic plugs in the ends. I think that would put your bicycle as being made between '63 and '65. I had this Huffy tandem which I believe was a '65.

EDIT: I would lvoe to see those bars flipped upside down. :wink:

 

[Graylock]

I found this somewhere but I think there was something about the letter in your serial # ( H, M, S, Huffy, Murry, Sears):


Huffy Serial Numbers
Determining a Huffy's age requires two steps:


The last digit of the year of manufacture can be determined by the first digit of the serial number.
Then you have to look for other characteristics to determine the decade of manufacture.
Example:
Your serial number starts with "5"
Your cycle has 26 x 1.75 tires
Your cycle has a built in tank
This would be a cycle manufactured in 1965


Can't remember where I kept my Huffy stuff (62 in my avatar box to the left) in my computer but I hope this helps.

GL

 

[roadmaster]

some kind of huffy? more like some kind of cool! definatly huffy built, as they along with murray built bikes for western flyer and jc higgins/sears. alot of charactoristics of yours looks similar to my early 60's jc higgins deluxe,

your chainring i think is the one right after my style, which ive seen on huffy built bikes dating back to the later 50's, and don't know if they used the two styles concurrently. our chainguards look similar, but the ser# on my huffy built jc higgins deluxe is #W163476 (with a smaller set right below on the bb shell as well of 505-45263). the huffy ser# way would make mine a 61', but i do see 63' alot. and can ANYONE EXPLAIN why my ser# starts with a "W"?

id guess yours to be built after 63' and before 69'. whats your ser# sayin?

 

[Metal Militia]

cool bike. i'll take another look and get the serial # this afternoon, and i'll try to get unchained his requested pic. will

 

[Metal Militia]

the serial # is 3H256403. 1963 Huffy?
as per unchained's request, here is the bike with the bars flipped.

 

[roadmaster]

personally, i like the bars the other way (sorry unchained). as for it being a 63', im not sure about that. makes sense especially if huffy used two different style chainrings around 62' to 64', but i just don't know. i know that unchained would be able to figure it out, but its either a 63' or a 62' (if you go by the # after the letter).

as for mine (jch deluxe- huffy built- #W163467), i was told was a 63' and i thought it was a 61'. and whats up with a huffy built bike using a "W" in the ser#? maybe we'll both know.

 

[deorman]

can ANYONE EXPLAIN why my ser# starts with a "W"?

Could it mean Westfield? Just a guess. :?

 

[roadmaster]

can ANYONE EXPLAIN why my ser# starts with a "W"?

Could it mean Westfield? Just a guess. :?

that would be cool, cuz i dig columbias, but you can see that the black bike in the pict has huffy frame, forks, chainring and is huffy built. a huffy that was supposed to be designated and sold as a western flyer (that would expain the "W"), but then at the last minute badged as a jch. definatly a jch deluxe, just wrong jch badge.

 

[Metal Militia]

the seatpost clamp bolt has a w(or M) on it, so i was guessing western flyer. i don't see anyting else that might help identify. i personally prefer the bars upright too, sorry unchained.