How old is this JC Higgens?
08-20-08, 04:01 PM
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How old is this JC Higgens?
I am currently restoring this 24 inch (wheel size) JC Higgens. Photo is the "Before" shot, except I had already started cleaning up the chrome bits.
Under the bottom bracket are these numbers:
MUU 502 46030
313981
Anyone know how old it is? Or a link to a Higgens serial number database?
Thanks!
Harv
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Under the bottom bracket are these numbers:
MUU 502 46030
313981
Anyone know how old it is? Or a link to a Higgens serial number database?
Thanks!
Harv
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08-21-08, 07:49 AM
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It was nothing special, a run of the mill coaster brake. If any of our South Florida members are interested I saw it at the Swap Shop on Sunrise Blvd. last Saturday.
Jim
08-21-08, 11:15 AM
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It's worth a bit more if the chrome is good.
Some of those early tire sizes are kinda hard to find. Not impossible but they'll be $50 a pair off ebay instead of $20 a pair at the hardwware store.
AsI recall (check me on this) modern bikes have a decimal size, like 24x1.75 or 24x1.5. Those are evrywhere cheap. Fractional sizes like 24x1 3/4 or 24x1 1/2 are special order. Schwinn sizes like s-2 0r s-7 are also special order.
Some of those early tire sizes are kinda hard to find. Not impossible but they'll be $50 a pair off ebay instead of $20 a pair at the hardwware store.
AsI recall (check me on this) modern bikes have a decimal size, like 24x1.75 or 24x1.5. Those are evrywhere cheap. Fractional sizes like 24x1 3/4 or 24x1 1/2 are special order. Schwinn sizes like s-2 0r s-7 are also special order.
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Also Ladies bikes tend to be worth less because they take better care of their bikes than we do and they don't get rare.
on the other hand I always liked that model because it looks like a mixte in 50's drag.
on the other hand I always liked that model because it looks like a mixte in 50's drag.
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When I was a kid, a neighbor "pulled me over" on his J.C. Higgins to give me a ticket for speeding on my bicycle.
Said J.C. stood for "Junior Cop."
I thought it was a brand for Penney's, not Sears, but maybe I've got my J.C.'s confused.
Said J.C. stood for "Junior Cop."
I thought it was a brand for Penney's, not Sears, but maybe I've got my J.C.'s confused.
