I am becoming curious at the Cruisers, and really like the pre-war models, how do they compare to a cruiser 5 or the likes from the late 70 early 80s? perhaps the most convenient id a 1980 deluxe cruiser due to parts availability. I will need to thin the herd before for the sanctity of marriage one of my first bikes was a cruiser, it had a purple flake paint, 24" tall white walls and downtube shifters, I loved it although I was jealous of the other kids BMX that was around 1985 and I don't have any pictures just memoriesThe pics of the forks are mine. The cruiser and the sidewinder belong to another member. Not sure about the origin of the gray forks, but I see the dropouts have windows cut in them, and they don’t have a hole for a caliper brake. They look like later stuff to me, but I don’t get into those types of bikes so I have no idea. I’m 100% a cruiser guy. Hope my pics helped. I can take more with marking if you need me to. Just let me know. Thanks