programmer4hire
'Lil Knee Scuffer
Hello,
I'm new to vintage bikes. My long term goal is to get a WWII era military bicycle. In the short term, I picked up this bike last week because it looks like a military Huffman (at least to my newbie eyes).
The head badge says "Western Flyer" but the frame looks like some Huffmans that I have seen. In fact, I have learned that Huffman produced bicycles for Western Flyer.
The original paint on this is teal / light blue. It can be seen on the crank where the red is peeling off. I have seen other teal Western Flyers with this frame identified as 1940, Huffman built Western Flyers.
My questions are these:
Can someone help identify this?
Can I pass this off as a military huffman with some modifications (OD, Truss Rods, proper headlight, ?)
What other questions should I be asking?
Thanks
I'm new to vintage bikes. My long term goal is to get a WWII era military bicycle. In the short term, I picked up this bike last week because it looks like a military Huffman (at least to my newbie eyes).
The head badge says "Western Flyer" but the frame looks like some Huffmans that I have seen. In fact, I have learned that Huffman produced bicycles for Western Flyer.
The original paint on this is teal / light blue. It can be seen on the crank where the red is peeling off. I have seen other teal Western Flyers with this frame identified as 1940, Huffman built Western Flyers.
My questions are these:
Can someone help identify this?
Can I pass this off as a military huffman with some modifications (OD, Truss Rods, proper headlight, ?)
What other questions should I be asking?
Thanks