Huffman Streamliner questions

[jdbrewster]

Sorry guys..I'm slightly computer illiterate....is there an easy to post pics on here??
try this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31847596@N06/4427840053/

 

[Steve-O]

I am having a hard time editing my post. I hope this works.

 

[37fleetwood]

ok, to start you on, your pedals and seat are incorrect. it should have Torrington pedals and the Tornado Spring seat.
so far everything indicates 1937 Model D-1. looks like you have a really nice start. can't wait for better photos. sign up and post them on the Streamliner thread at my site also once you get some taken and I'll get working on compiling the data for the Streamliner story

 

[37fleetwood]

almost forgot, here you go.

 

[jdbrewster]

Sorry guys...I'm somewhat computer illiterate How do you guys upload from your computer and directly to the forum?? Here's my bike...sorry the pic isn't the best...I'll get better ones for you soon!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31847596@N06/4427840053/

 

[jdbrewster]

Ok.( sorry for all the posts)....that was way harder than it should've been. The pedals are the repop Persons supremes I bought from ebay....I have original Torringtons, and the saddle is Messinger with the scroll writing..which I bought for another bike which I wound up selling. The forks on the ground are also off a plain Dayton motor bike from around the same time...the only difference is that the truss support bars protrude horizontally rather than vertically? I held them up to the other forks and they're almost identical, and was thinking of using them because the bracket for the silver rays attaches better. I'll send close ups when I get home.

 

[sm2501]

I am surpised no one has brought this up, but the name of the Huffman bikes are Safety or Super Streamline, not Streamliners. Small difference, but technically correct. Firestone's were not marketed as Streamline's, or were they? I am not sure on this point, Scott S, what you say?

 

[37fleetwood]

You are correct, they were marketed under Safety-Streamline and Super-Streamline, or Streamlines when referring to more than one. Also to correct some other sloppiness, this one should be correctly identified as a Dayton Model D-1T the "T" being for Tank Equipped. They used one letter after the model to denote such things as "T" for Tank equipped, and "E" for electrically Equipped.
The Firestones were marketed as Fleetwood Supreme. Firestone had three tiers of bicycles, the top being the Supreme (whether it was a Streamline or not) the middle being the Standard and the bottom being the Sentinel. In 1938 there were 2 Supremes, the top one having the new "Twin-Flex Cushioning" and the second one being the Streamline called "The New Supreme" and looking in the catalog like a 1937 Dayton with a Firestone paint scheme.
Sorry, sometimes I get sloppy and anything could be the result. but this I believe is correct.

 

[sm2501]

Thanks for the clarification Scott!

 

[raidingclosets]

I LOVE the fact that someone added the delta rowdy horn between the silver rays! The little accessories people added to their bikes really give them character...