Hey Bikedued, I was going through a bunch of threads last night and you are right. I ran across quite a few that said that but the drop outs eneded up looking like they were stamped steel and press fit to the tubes. Yeah looked a lot like a huffy... cheap. The rear dropouts on mine are cast onto the rear chain stays. I found one just like it listed on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-BRID...#ht_1193wt_932 the dropouts and all appear the same but no listing on the year.