Flightliner maybe?

[Schulze]

Quick pick up early this morning. Not quite sure of the make/model.

looks like a flightliner? Took a picture of the serial #, not sure how to check.

has a cool double legged kickstand and I can tell it had a tank and fender light at some point.

 

[Schulze]

Looks like the serial reads: 35808A 270283

 

[Rivnut]

Definitely a Murray built “space frame” but not a Sears. Sears bikes, Flightliners / Spaceliners will have MOS 502 stamped on the left rear dropout; which is Murrays code for Bikes they built for Sears. What ever it is, it’s missing the tank. Otherwise it wouldn’t have the bracket on the back side of the end tube. Google ‘Murray Serial Number Project’ for the thread here on the CABE that coluld give you some clues as to which retailer this was built for. Gambles sold Hiawatha, OTASCO sold Flying O, Pennys sold Foremost. Sears sold JC Higgins or Sears (depending on the year), etc. All built by Murray of Ohio.

 

[Schulze]

thanks Rivnut!
there is no other stamping on the bike except for the left dropout.
I noticed the bracket for the tank, bummer that didn’t come with it.

 

[Schulze]

Just noticed that there is no arm on the coaster brake either…

 

[Archie Sturmer]

I had a black Murray-built speed-weight frame like yours with a 270k serial number within 160 of your bike; but the prefix looked like a WG-3-808A, and I am just guessing that mine was a ~1963 Gambles Hiawatha badged bicycle.

The faded white detail on the seat tube mast, (looks like rays of light emanating from logo?) might yield a clue.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

I had a black Murray-built speed-weight frame like yours with a 270k serial number within 160 of your bike; but the prefix looked like a WG-3-808A, and I am just guessing that mine was a ~1963 Gambles Hiawatha badged bicycle.

WG is definitely Gambles/Hiawatha, but I've seen too many stamped 'WG-3' to be sure it's '63. All the '60-64 codes are questionable.

 

[Schulze]

The faded logo on the seat tube mast looks a lot like the Hiawatha…
(found this on the internet)

 

[Schulze]

Front hub is stamped 481-3 made in Germany.

 

[Schulze]

Kickstand with OG wooden spacer!