Car Themed Huffy Bicycles

[hawkster19]

Now that I think about it, I have this Monark girls bike that is a 1967 frame but has a Bendix 76 set on it and it's 100% original. This one has always confused me a bit as well.

 

[hawkster19]

Oh yeah, one more thing - that tank on yours is earlier as well. Like, earlier than 1965, I believe. The shoulders and whatnot on it are not like the 1965 and up bikes I own. Again, it looks like maybe Huffy was throwing an order together and they used what they had a stockpile of maybe? Geesh, I just keep wondering, lol.

 

[atencioee]

Okay, so, that bike of yours is really confusing me. I keep looking at it and trying to decide what all is going on there. I have 4-5 Monark badged Huffy-built car bikes and none of them have any "M" bolts anywhere. You have a Bendix 76 hub on the back wheel but your serial number says it's a 1965. So I don't think your wheel set is original to that bike. Also, I have one Huffy with that type of rack that is badged as a Firestone bike but that's the only one and I've always wondered about that bike and that rack. It's not a Huffy-made rack or it's one they used very, very briefly. It looks more like a Murray rack although I'm not saying Huffy didn't use it. And the chain ring is not correct, as stated above. I keep staring at that tank as well. The graphics on the top of the tank are what my Monark bikes have but the font used on "Corvair" is the type of font they used earlier on bikes like the Belair, Thunderbird, etc. I don't remember seeing that type of font on any bikes in the mid-60's. Finally, I can't tell if you should have had a bezel on there because the screws for one are there but then that crown right where the bezel would be makes no sense. Huffy always put that logo up above the bezel whether it was "Monark" or "Huffy".

My best guess is that Huffy threw together some parts they had around to fulfill a Monark contract. They did that with Firestone badged bikes sometimes too. I've seen them also do that with lots of girls bikes all the way into the 1970's. That may be the reason you have a Bendix 76 wheel set on there. Or someone may have pieced that bike together after the Bendix 76 wheel sets came out.

All in all, that bike is a confusing affair!!! Very cool, just confusing.

Haha!! Yes, confusing indeed!! Thank you for that information though. It's definitely a tough bike to figure out.

 

[hawkster19]

I may be able to get you a chainguard that I GUESS would be correct but who knows with that bike, lol. I can for sure get you the correct chain ring if you want one.

 

[atencioee]

I may be able to get you a chainguard that I GUESS would be correct but who knows with that bike, lol. I can for sure get you the correct chain ring if you want one.

Sure, I will take it. Do you have the men's chain ring (sprocket) with the star design? The chainguard I'm looking for is the long skinny one like the ones on your bikes. If you have or if you can get one, I would also be looking for that metal piece (L shaped metal) that attaches the chaingaurd to the bottom bracket.

 

[atencioee]

Sure, I will take it. Do you have the men's chain ring (sprocket) with the star design? The chainguard I'm looking for is the long skinny one like the ones on your bikes. If you have or if you can get one, I would also be looking for that metal piece (L shaped metal) that attaches the chaingaurd to the bottom bracket.

I should have said that the chain ring I'm looking for is just like the ones on yours! Let me know if you can and also about the chaingaurd and the piece that attaches it. Let me know how much it will cost for everything. By the way, your bikes are very beautiful!

 

[hawkster19]

I should have said that the chain ring I'm looking for is just like the ones on yours! Let me know if you can and also about the chaingaurd and the piece that attaches it. Let me know how much it will cost for everything. By the way, your bikes are very beautiful!

I know I have the many of those chain rings but let me look through my chainguards. I should have one although not sure on color and graphics. I have a friend who has a Huffy museum (it's true, he does) and I'll check his guards as well.

And thanks for the kind words!

 

[atencioee]

I know I have the many of those chain rings but let me look through my chainguards. I should have one although not sure on color and graphics. I have a friend who has a Huffy museum (it's true, he does) and I'll check his guards as well.

And thanks for the kind words!

The color doesn't matter... I'm going to repaint and restore my Corvair...I want to turn it into a beauty. It's a hobby of mine. I will take any color as long as the chaingaurd is in good condition...not bent or badly rusted.

 

[Saving Tempest]

That guy in the link you gave me says he doesn't have a bezel for the later light tanks (yours IS the wider, older Huffy/Monark style).

Now, mine DID originally have a T-bird bezel but that got split from the parts I got.

All I had left was to put rims and tires on it otherwise at this point and I think I at least have the rims, one will need a coaster hub and spokes but that's a pair.

 

[hawkster19]

That guy in the link you gave me says he doesn't have a bezel for the later light tanks (yours IS the wider, older Huffy/Monark style).

Now, mine DID originally have a T-bird bezel but that got split from the parts I got.

All I had left was to put rims and tires on it otherwise at this point and I think I at least have the rims, one will need a coaster hub and spokes but that's a pair.

Can you post an image here of exactly which bezel you need? I am fairly certain I can get you an original.