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Huffman Dealer Chain Pouch

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RUDY CONTRATTI

Wore out three sets of tires already!
Local Pick (around the corner)is this cool waxed paper pouch with NOS chain.The chain appears to be a Diamond,,with 57 links rather then 56.Was sealed and the chain was smothered with Good Ole Grease,,Maybe late 30s ???My question is Do you think Huffman simply bought chains from Diamond??Trucked from Indy to Dayton,,and Huffman packaged them?Anyway nice piece of Huffman History...any thoughts would be helpful to all of us..Thanks

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Hi @RUDY CONTRATTI

Very nice (a tiny bit jealous) (-:

As @New Mexico Brant says, it's for the Huffman Dayton Military G519 bikes, as part of the spare parts package contract, so dating to 1943 to 1944. Most military chains that turn up were repacked in 1945, so it is slightly unusual to see one in the original packing.

Do you mind if I copy the details to the G519 NOS spare parts library, with acknowledgements?


Thanks,

Best Regards,

Adrian

Edit to add, it's an ORD or Ordnance contract, they took over from QM or Quartermasters late 42, so likely a 43-44 chain.

Second Edit: W-33008-ORD-159 would be late 1943 to early 1944, so corresponding with the end of G519 production. Here are start and end dates for other contracts in the sequence:

Image extracted from: http://ww.w.usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/baileyproductscorporation.htm

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