hawkster19
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I have been collecting Huffy car bikes for decades. I have seen all purple girls Camaros, white/purple girls Camaros, and even one purple boys Camaro. This past week I found another purple girls Huffy car bike I didn't know existed - an all purple girls Thunderbird badged for sale as a Monark. I have several boys Thunderbird bikes but all Huffy badged and from 10 years older than this one.
So here's my question - I am extremely familiar with Huffy's serial number system. This bike's serial starts with a "7" and looks to be a 1967 from everything I've ever known about Huffy bikes and their parts. There's no way it's a 1957 and I don't think they were still making car bikes until 1977. From as far as I can tell this thing is all original (except for maybe the grips but who knows what they may have done differently with these Monark bikes to maybe set them apart) from the rim strips to the tubes. But the rear wheel has a Bendix 76 brake arm. I'm confused. I would bet these wheels are the originals since the tires, strips and tubes are surely Huffy originals.
Anyone have a guess before I haul this down to our local Huffy expert? Ever seen a purple girls Thunderbird? How long was Monark even including bicycles in their line of goods? Can someone give me some Monark history? I'm thinking maybe Huffy threw together parts they had lying around in the 1970's and came up with these to sell to Monark? Does anyone but me even care? Is anyone out there? Just nod if you can hear me, is there anyone home......
So here's my question - I am extremely familiar with Huffy's serial number system. This bike's serial starts with a "7" and looks to be a 1967 from everything I've ever known about Huffy bikes and their parts. There's no way it's a 1957 and I don't think they were still making car bikes until 1977. From as far as I can tell this thing is all original (except for maybe the grips but who knows what they may have done differently with these Monark bikes to maybe set them apart) from the rim strips to the tubes. But the rear wheel has a Bendix 76 brake arm. I'm confused. I would bet these wheels are the originals since the tires, strips and tubes are surely Huffy originals.
Anyone have a guess before I haul this down to our local Huffy expert? Ever seen a purple girls Thunderbird? How long was Monark even including bicycles in their line of goods? Can someone give me some Monark history? I'm thinking maybe Huffy threw together parts they had lying around in the 1970's and came up with these to sell to Monark? Does anyone but me even care? Is anyone out there? Just nod if you can hear me, is there anyone home......