Puchs made bikes for Sears till the pressure from Japan made it no longer profitable. In the mid seventies they switched production to Japan and were made by Iowha or something like that...remembered it started with a "i" lol. You can spot these easily because they have really long serial numbers running down the fork tube next to the Sears badge, and they used Shimano 3spd hubs. Oh yeah !!! they were like twice as heavy as the Puchs !! kinda like a Sumo wrestler v/s a irish boxer !!!!