Here come the Judge! Here come the Judge!
Ooohh here come the Judge!
I was looking at the bike and was considering buying it for parts but I knew better. If I bought that I would get attched to it and fix it up just as you would have. Lets give this a quick runs down:
You have a 1966 Huffy Silver Jet. I knew this without looking at the serial number. 1964-1967 Silver Jets look identical except for a few minor changes in trim. 1964-1965 had all-white, bucket-style, pleated seats with chrome crash rails. They were just like yours, only white with a crash rail and the under carriage was anodized silver. In 1966, Huffy deleted the crashrail and changed the seat to two-tone red and white and painted the undercarriage red. Grips changed too. 1964 Silver Jets had a set of standard white grips, then 1965 had white Huffy brand grips with the "H" embossed in the rubber. 1966-1967 had transparent red grips in the same shape as '65 models. There's a difference in mechanical parts too, though they are interchangeable. The cranks on '65 and earlier modals had a little more style, more curves and they fit more flush with the chain ring. In 1966, Huffy outsourced their cranks and started getting standard WALD cranks which didn't fit as well and the chainring-side bearing cup was a press fit rather than being threaded on. 1966-1967 Silver Jets with higher mileage will show it; the hole where the chain ring aligns with the crank will be worn out-of-round.
Finding a nice, complete tank to match the condition of your bike will be your bitch for sure. This was the reason that, if I got the bike, it would have been parted out. You can probabaly find the tank, switch plate, and controls but the headlight will be gone. I gaurantee it. But thats not the least fo your worries; that tail light will be worse. If your tail light battery tray is rusted through you can find one but you will pay dearly. The rear battery trays on these bikes are the exact same Delta lights found in Sears Spaceliners so you will have far mroe people trying to find that part. The lense will be impossible to find, I paid $77 for one on ebay...almost two years ago! If the chrome half is intact, KEEP IT! Go look at some old car swap meets or very old junkyards and look for a small vintage car, truck, or even trailer lense and fab it.
As for your fender ornament...yes I was reproducing those red fins (they are a seperate piece, I can tell you how to remove it if you want). I only made about 5-7 of them and jd56 has my prototype. they were initally made for my own personal use but if I were to reproduce these for a market I would have to somehow obtain permission from PacificCycle (or whatever chinese company owns Huffy now) otherwise it could be copyright infringment. I'll have to look into it more though, it may not be as mine aren't exactly like the originals.
