Hercules & Coast King

[Heavy Pedal]

Got a tip from a friend out hitting the garage sales about this Hercules. Said it was free, so off I went.

Then I got this Coast King off CL for $20. The frame is cool!

I wish I would have had this for the build-off, but I'll probably put some new tires on it and maybe a different seat and make it my new commuter!

 

[Metal Militia]

i'm diggin that coast king. nice deal.

 

[ratina]

I have a blue coast king just like yours, I started it in the Klunker build off but never finished. I started tinkering with it again yesterday, it has a banana seat and apes now

 

[ej599]

I like that Herc. What year? Someone put the front brake on backwards!

 

[Unchained]

The Coast King looks to be Huffy, only the top tubes are reversed (two thin on top, single thicker underneath unlike and ordinary cantilever) like some Murrays. Definitely a Huffy, though. The forks, frame, and chainring are all standard huffy components, I'd have to guess your bike is between '63 and '65. Cool finds!

 

[Graylock]

The Coast King looks to be Huffy, only the top tubes are reversed (two thin on top, single thicker underneath unlike and ordinary cantilever) like some Murrays. Definitely a Huffy, though. The forks, frame, and chainring are all standard huffy components, I'd have to guess your bike is between '63 and '65. Cool finds!

I was kinda thinking the same as the chain ring caught my eye. As I've been told Huffy made some Murrays and Sears bikes durring that era. Look for a H, M, or S in the serial number folowed by a number ( 3 would be '63, 4 would be '64)The rear rack looks like the one I had on my Sears back in '60. You did good scoring this.

GL