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Yes. Or rather probably yes. There are folks on here that know a lot more than I do, and it's possible I could be wrong, but I do not believe Huffman made bikes anywhere else at that time.

In that serial number format, 7 is the last digit of the year and H is Huffman. You have to figure out the decade by looking at the bike.

See those rear forks on the frame that face back like a BMX? You'll see those called "prewar rear forks" a lot on the CABE, but a few manufacturers still used them after the war. Huffman in particular not only used them, but came out with a newly designed version that is fatter, and kept it until the late 50s! I don't remember what year the fatter "prewar" (LOL) rear fork came out, but my 53 Huffy has them and your Dayton doesn't, so yours has to be earlier.

So that along with "7H" nails it down to 1947. If it was 1957 it would have the fatter rear forks, and if it was 1937, a whole different serial number format was in use.
 
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Yes. Or rather probably yes. There are folks on here that know a lot more than I do, and it's possible I could be wrong, but I do not believe Huffman made bikes anywhere else at that time.

In that serial number format, 7 is the last digit of the year and H is Huffman. You have to figure out the decade by looking at the bike.

See those rear forks on the frame that face back like a BMX? You'll see those called "prewar rear forks" a lot on the CABE, but a few manufacturers still used them after the war. Huffman in particular not only used them, but came out with a newly designed version that is fatter, and kept it until the late 50s! I don't remember what year the fatter "prewar" (LOL) dropout came out, but my 53 Huffy has them and your Dayton doesn't, so yours has to be earlier.

So that along with "7H" nails it down to 1947. If it was 1957 it would have the fatter rear forks, and if it was 1937, a whole different serial number format was in use.
Thanks so very much for the very helpful information. Greatly appreciated. I'm going to put this bike at my other house that I rent out as it's a theme of our B and B. The Orange Bicycle. My Wife's first bike in Canada is at our main house and is also a Huffy but I'm guessing 1980's or 1990's. It's a representation of her freedom as a woman growing up in Iran and women couldn't ride bikes.
 
Concerning the other Huffy I mentioned any information about its past would be greatly appreciated. It's a Huffy Sport Force purchased used in Toronto Canada in 1998.

This might be the serial number 9009/huffy 56841.
 
The thread below might be a hint.

Your wife's bike is newer than what I know anything about. Was that number under the bottom bracket (crank shell)? If so that represents all new numbering weirdness that appeared in 1983 on some but apparently not all Huffys. If so, it is an odd rehash of their 1973(?)-1982(?) numbering, and you would need to get a better read on the number. Also pictures! Nothing there makes an 80s or 90s Julian date. I don't know how long they kept stamping them like that. Huffy's Celina, Ohio plant closed in 1998. By then there would have been another plant (maybe in Missouri) or maybe overseas. Huffy ended altogether in ~2004, and the name resides with a Chinese company today.

 
The thread below might be a hint.

Your wife's bike is newer than what I know anything about. Was that number under the bottom bracket (crank shell)? If so that represents all new numbering weirdness that appeared in 1983 on some but apparently not all Huffys. If so, it is an odd rehash of their 1973(?)-1982(?) numbering, and you would need to get a better read on the number. Also pictures! Nothing there makes an 80s or 90s Julian date. I don't know how long they kept stamping them like that. Huffy's Celina, Ohio plant closed in 1998. By then there would have been another plant (maybe in Missouri) or maybe overseas. Huffy ended altogether in ~2004, and the name resides with a Chinese company today.

Thanks bloo for the info. It would have looked like this before we painted it.

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Hello Adrian; @Mercian
I just looked, no number, the base of the fork is a little different.
For the history, a GI who was part of NATO before 1966 in France offered it to a Frenchman before returning to the country.
Regards;
Serge
 
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