Huffman serial number project

[Iverider]

Serial # 9H011927 does that make this a 1949?

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[Iverider]

Can anyone please post a photo for the proper chain guard for the bike above? Is there anything else Huffman specific missing from the bike as far as you can tell?? Thanks in advance!

 

[37fleetwood]

sorry I haven't answered sooner. '49 looks about right. as for 24" bikes I don't have much. the catalog doesn't have any good shots of the smaller bikes like most of the other catalogs do, this is it.

 

[Iverider]

Thanks Scott. The bike is a 26" bike. I think the bent fork and screwy short stem are making it look smaller than it is. I'm going to try to fix the fork, find a guard and stem and make it into a rider. May even spray bomb it since the paint is pretty rough.

 

[37fleetwood]

ok, I posted really quickly as I went out the door earlier. after taking another look at your bike I'm going to have to re-think it. in 1949 it should have the seat post clamp with the serial number stamped on it. at the same time I wouldn't expect it to have the 1" pitch sprockets and chain as a '59. in around '53 they went to the "Fit-Sooner" frame which doesn't have a seat post clamp at all. so now I need to ask a couple questions. how clear is the 9 at the beginning of the serial, and where is it located and are there any numbers stamped on the rear of the fork crown.

here is the 1949 seat post clamp:

here's what a 1949 basically looks like:

 

[Iverider]

The serial # is located on the bottom bracket (although I didn't double check to see if there was any number on the seat clamp.)

 

[bikewhorder]

Riddle me this

Ok so what year is this one? Looks like there was some indecisiveness while assigning a serial number to this frame. Oh Yeah and what should that rear light look like? I thought it was just a typical defender light until I noticed that little piece of plastic remnant under the screw. And why is this tread in "bicycle restoration tips" anyway?

 

[RMS37]

Oh Yeah and what should that rear light look like? I thought it was just a typical defender light until I noticed that little piece of plastic remnant under the screw.

Delta Guardlite

http://thecabe.com/vbulletin/showth...-Guard-tail-light-RARE!!!&p=273567#post273567

And, it its interesting that the matching paint headlight has the Western Flyer insignia on the sides.

 

[azbug-i]

looks like my 1949

Serial # 9H011927 does that make this a 1949?

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I have a '49 huffman built firestone pilot. Frame looks very much like that

 

[37fleetwood]

Ok so what year is this one? Looks like there was some indecisiveness while assigning a serial number to this frame. Oh Yeah and what should that rear light look like? I thought it was just a typical defender light until I noticed that little piece of plastic remnant under the screw. And why is this tread in "bicycle restoration tips" anyway?

based on the features of the frame, and fork, I'm going to say somewhere around 1942, maybe a bit later. the rear light isn't a factory piece so I'm not sure. it would be cool to figure out and see though.
and this is rightly in the restoration section because figuring out the year is more about figuring out what you have and getting the right parts for it than it is about bikes in general (also back when it was started there were less options than now, a few sections have been added. I've tried to talk Scott and Dave into adding a serial and identification section with no real success)