How old is this JC Higgens?
 

I am currently restoring this 24 inch (wheel size) JC Higgens. Photo is the "Before" shot, except I had already started cleaning up the chrome bits.

Under the bottom bracket are these numbers:
MUU 502 46030
313981

Anyone know how old it is? Or a link to a Higgens serial number database?

Thanks!

Harv
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Early to mid 1960s. The name J. C. Higgins disappeared about 1965. Roger

Are J.C. Higgins worth anything? I saw one in fair shape at the flea market last weekend.

0 to 50 dollars unless it is something special that you want for yourself. They were made by Murray for Sears. Roger

Thanks Roger,

It was nothing special, a run of the mill coaster brake. If any of our South Florida members are interested I saw it at the Swap Shop on Sunrise Blvd. last Saturday.

Jim

It's worth a bit more if the chrome is good.
Some of those early tire sizes are kinda hard to find. Not impossible but they'll be $50 a pair off ebay instead of $20 a pair at the hardwware store.
AsI recall (check me on this) modern bikes have a decimal size, like 24x1.75 or 24x1.5. Those are evrywhere cheap. Fractional sizes like 24x1 3/4 or 24x1 1/2 are special order. Schwinn sizes like s-2 0r s-7 are also special order.

Also Ladies bikes tend to be worth less because they take better care of their bikes than we do and they don't get rare.
on the other hand I always liked that model because it looks like a mixte in 50's drag.

When I was a kid, a neighbor "pulled me over" on his J.C. Higgins to give me a ticket for speeding on my bicycle.

Said J.C. stood for "Junior Cop."

I thought it was a brand for Penney's, not Sears, but maybe I've got my J.C.'s confused.