Observations of 1934 Huffman "Aircrafted" Motor Bicycles

[cyclingday]

Interesting observations.
So far, I haven't been fortunate enough to acquire a 1934/35 Huffman made bicycle.
The earliest I have is 1936.
Here is a close up picture of the fork crown detail on that bike.
It has the same stepped edge as the other 36s shown above.

That's a good telltale sign to identify the correct fork for the 34/35 frame set.

 

[hoofhearted]

Patric @hoofhearted could you please post the 1934 dealer brochure or line sheet Shawn cites in his article. Many thanks!

Once upon a time ... long, long ago, my friend, Phil Scott @shoe3
presented me with a photo-copied commercial document
from Huffman - 1934.

Phil is a very-excitable, committed and fairly-impulsive collector
of documents that provide knowledge and information.

The photo-copied document was very, very dark ... and any of my
attempts to visually clarify the document, was beyond my ability
as a ''shade-tree'' photo-copy technician .. to resurrect a legible copy.

Because of the technology used in ''photo-copy'' way back when ...
and the passage of time ... the document - today ... survives as
highly-oxidized shreds of paper ... stored in a standard ''letter'' envelope.

Biblical Lazarus may have been resurrected ... but the 1934 document
now speaks to no one.

..... p.

 

[Kickstand3]

1934 truss rod flat-top bolt observation: both my above bicycle have bolt that are the same size with small threads and lack the raised ridge edged bolt (with course threads) characteristic found on nearly all prewar Huffman bicycles. The one (flat top) bolt on the red Huffman is "striped-out," a possible reason for a change over to the raised-edge bolts with meaty threads. This transition may have happened in 1935 or 36, the third image below shows an original painted fork using the raised-edge bolts.

Flat-top bolt 1934 Red bike:
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Flat top bolt 1934/35 Louisville Cycle Co. American Flyer bicycle:
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Pinched crown fork in original paint 1935/36? with raised-edge truss bolts:
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Are those raised edge bolts stamped in the center?


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[hoofhearted]

 

[shoe3]

The copy I made like 25 years ago was real Dark so I could not lighten it much on a library copier. My regrets.

 

[shoe3]

Dayton bike, and Babe!

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Does anyone know the history of the Bicycle Museum bike at New Bremen? Does anyone have an image of the rear reflector on this bicycle? Also, is the saddle original to this bike?

Could some please post images of a 1934 & 35 girl's bicycle. I am not how many of these are out there, I have heard John has one @John . If any of the girl's have rear reflectors can you please post.

Kindly, Brant

 

[John]

 

[John]

 

[John]