Jc higgins

[Cam52388]

Looking for any info. Really wondering year model??? Or what's it worth?

 

[Adamtinkerer]

It's a Ross built bike, and in this case, I'd say it's a '57 due to the serial # starting with 57. 4766 is the Sears catalog #, though I didn't see it on the '57 pages in the Elgin/JCH/Hawthorne book. There were a lot of bikes never shown in the catalogs, especially from the smaller companies, like Ross. It's really crusty, I'd value it around $100-150.

 

[Cam52388]

It's a Ross built bike, and in this case, I'd say it's a '57 due to the serial # starting with 57. 4766 is the Sears catalog #, though I didn't see it on the '57 pages in the Elgin/JCH/Hawthorne book. There were a lot of bikes never shown in the catalogs, especially from the smaller companies, like Ross. It's really crusty, I'd value it around $100-150.

Ok thanks. So it was built by Ross but tagged as a jc Higgins for sears I'm guessing

 

[Rivnut]

Sears was a distributor, not a manufacturer. Sears sold bikes under the Elgin name before WWII, the JC Higgins name after the war until about 1963 or 1964, then they were sold under the Sears name. I have a couple of sears bikes - most built by Murray, one built by Monark.

 

[Roger Henning]

The were also sold under the Ted Williams name for a few years between JD Higgins and Sears. Roger

 

[Rivnut]

No Ted Williams bikes in the "Collectable Elgin, JC Higgins, Sears..... " book of bicycles, but that book doesn't cover some of the later Free Spirit bikes.

 

[OZ1972]

Great find , service & ride it great patina !!!!!!!