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corkscrew
07-12-09, 11:49 AM
A friend had this given to him by his Boss and he asked me to take a look at it. Apparently it was pulled from a garage, and hadn't been moved in awhile judging from the dust. For the life of me I can't figure out what this is, or when it was built.

Small framed, and heavy, with a Sach's coaster brake. No stickers or other identifying marks. I included shots of the serial # on the BB.

Thanks guys!

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5937/mysterybike1of5.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4034/mysterybike3of5.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/946/mysterybike4of5.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/250/mysterybike5of5.jpg

Amani576
07-12-09, 12:00 PM
Honestly, judging by that fork crown and the front drop outs, something like a Huffy or a Murray. Department store. The coaster brake may have been a replacement after the kid destroyed the original, I've seen it done to those low end coaster brake hubs.
-Gene-
thompsonpost
07-12-09, 12:25 PM
AMF used to make that type of stuff, also. I had two.

Just to let you know.....I wouldn't trust that dropout setup. That's exactly the type of build that falls apart. One of the ones that I had came apart. It didn't break, the dropout actually came out of the chain stay on the idle side. Be careful.

Flying Merkel
07-12-09, 12:36 PM
Looks to be a primitive form of post-natal birth control.
sailorbenjamin
07-12-09, 08:04 PM
Those dropouts look justlike the ones on a Sears Spaceliner. I forget who actually made them, Sears only sold them.