Patchupco

Hey y'all. Been doing some research on this bike I picked and was wondering if anyone can remember some of the pre-1973 Huffy Cruisers. I haven't been able to find any with this particular setup.

Someone definitely put a Schwinn Head-badge on it incorrectly but the fork also seems like a flat blade Schwinn. The rear wheel has a bendix red band hub. I called Huffy Customer Service and because this bike is only stamped on the Headtube, it's most likely an undated model prior to 1973.

I feel like this bike is an old Huffy and an equally old Schwinn put together and painted over but I'm prolly wrong so I'm all ears to what y'all might think.

Also, please post pics of any pre-1973 cruisers you may have because why not.

Thanks!

Metacortex

The only Schwinn part I see is the badge. The fork is definitely not Schwinn.

Patchupco

Preciate it, I can't find as much about older bikes as I thought I would through Google so thank you for your insight. Maybe it is all one crappy Huffy lol

thumpism 

Someone might have put a different fork on a Schwinn frame, but a close look at the rear dropouts would tell the story. I suspect this one has the stays crimped to the flats instead of welded and smoothed--not Schwinnish.

Patchupco

Yep definitely crimped on the back. I guess it is just an old Huffy but part of me still wants to know which Huffy lol It'd be cool to find a picture of what this looked like new and what it's gonna be when I finish. Preciate your knowledge as well!

Scooper

In the late fifties and early sixties, Huffy made several models copying the Schwinn cantilever frame after Schwinn's patent on the design expired. Huffy called these "Twin-Arch" frames. Models included Galaxie, Fury, Impala, Thunderbird, Rancho, and chrome plated Silver Jet.

Patchupco

Thank you for these awesome catalog ads and insight into why the cantilever frame was made by a Huffy. Love learning these types of tidbits!