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Bike frame itself doesn't look too bad, a few spots here and there that I've noticed so far where the paint is scraped or rubbed off that has some rust but I haven't noticed any telltale signs of any paint bubbling up. The pedals look like there were decent at one point in time, but turn very stiff and need a good clean and relube and rubdown/polish, but they should come back into service okay when done. Hubs only have a number on them and a little tree or crown type of image, not sure what make they are. The rims are Weinmanns but are Made in the USA.

Shifters are plastic, not sure how well they work yet. Rear derailer may or may not be functional, won't know until I get the chain off and the cable loose. Front derailer did move a little. Chainrings may or may not be salvagable, comments or guesses on how well they'll clean up? I've never used that Oxalic acid stuff before but may give it a go with some of this stuff.

And wonder of all wonders, a small sticker on the seat tube has the name of "Huffy" on it, so yes it's a Lotus, but it's apparently a Huffy Lotus. I don't know the Lotus brand at all and don't know a lot of about the "better" years of Huffy, I'm open to comments or education on this one.

The bike weighed in at 27 pounds on the fish scale as it sits.

Top tube measured out to 56, perfect.

The stem came free, but there is some rust as seen in the pics.

The seat post might be stuck however, or it might be just frozen from sitting outside for many years. Sad that fairly decent bikes spend their time outside in the weather, but it's mine now and is sitting on the dog porch thawing out and dripping dry before heading down into the bike dungeon/basement for some past due attention.

I strongly suspect that the Dan guy looked at the bike and passed on it due to the condition. Works for me.