What'd I buy???

[chaddilac]

I need some help here fellas... I don't know what I bought. Picked it up at a swap meet last weekend in Springfield. What caught my eye was the skip tooth chain/sprockets! Had to have it.

Let me know if there's anyway to tell what it is? Thanks!

 

[subadrew]

cwc? early 40's?

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

I say it's a Hawthorne but I'm not sure Sweet find! :mrgreen:

 

[rms37]

It's an early postwar Huffman built bike

 

[chaddilac]

Any way to tell for sure... or is the missing badge the deal killer? I like how it has the smoothed out tube joints like a schwinn!

 

[Craiggo]

Rollfast?

 

[Wildcat]

Here's some info on WW2 Army bikes, they used Huffmans that look like yours.

http://www.theliberator.be/militarybicycles.htm

 

[chaddilac]

Does anyone recognize the headbadge area?

 

[chaddilac]

Nice Wildcat!!!! thanks!

 

[Big Fat Whitewalls]

I walked by that, stopped and looked at it. I saw the skip tooth, and for the price I don't think you did to bad. I should have bought it. What's your plans for it?

 

[chaddilac]

Well I'm not sure yet, I wanted to figure out what it was and then work from there.... oh and I didn't pay what was on the sticker.... and when I came back to pick it up he saw a 56 olds headlight right and gave me my money back!!