Bicycle ID Assistance Please

[Rammstein]

I picked up this step-thru today. There is no indication of brand on the headtube or chainguard, nor a serial number I can find. I am thinking Sears/JC Higgins Spaceliner that is missing the tank, but that is just a guess. Can anyone identify what brand it is and perhaps approximate year of manufacture? The seller did not know. It has obviously been repainted, probably more than once. Someone went through a lot of effort for the current paint, the hubs and spokes are pink, with blue nipples to match the rims, fork pivots and fender tips.

 

[ian]

Looks like a '60's Spaceliner to me. Rat trap springer, the rear rack and the reflector, Higgins chainring.Look for a serial number on the brake side rear dropout.

 

[GTs58]

The manufacturer was Murray and it could have been built for Sears.

 

[ian]

The manufacturer was Murray and it could have been built for Sears.

Not a Higgins chainring?

 

[GTs58]

Not a Higgins chainring?

Not specifically.

 

[Rammstein]

I did some further cleaning and wire brushing, found part of the serial number on the brake side rear dropout as @ian suggested. The first few letters or numbers are under the axle nut/washer, so that will have to wait. What I can make out is 502 46911 0561293. I have been digging through the online Sears catalogs and have only found the 46911 model in the 64 (W6K46911N) and 65 (W6A46911N) catalogs for a Spaceliner with the torsion spring fork. The chainring is the same in the catalog as what is on the bike.

 

[ian]

Not specifically.

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Cool. Thanks for the info.

 

[ian]

I did some further cleaning and wire brushing, found part of the serial number on the brake side rear dropout as @ian suggested. The first few letters or numbers are under the axle nut/washer, so that will have to wait. What I can make out is 502 46911 0561293. I have been digging through the online Sears catalogs and have only found the 46911 model in the 64 (W6K46911N) and 65 (W6A46911N) catalogs for a Spaceliner with the torsion spring fork. The chainring is the same in the catalog as what is on the bike.

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You're getting closer!

 

[GTs58]

1963 maybe? I think the fender braces changed on the later 60's models.

 

[AS-1]

'64 Space Liner?