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Sears spaceliner?

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Notagamerguy

Wore out three sets of tires already!
i picked this bike up today. Im a schwinn guy and i very little about this bike if anyone has any information about this let me know

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Does it have the two-speed automatic rear hub? It looks like it but I can't tell for sure. And look at that headlight!
 
Does it have the two-speed automatic rear hub? It looks like it but I can't tell for sure. And look at that headlight!
Yeah it has the red bendix 2 speed rear hub. I cant wait to put some tubes in this and see if it works
 
For what it is worth it was a Murray built bike sold by Sears. 502 is the Sears vendor number for Murray. Roger
 
Notagamerguy:
Nice! I'm jealous of the saddle. I have the same saddle from my 1960 Flightliner, but it all fell apart. It looks like the chrome evaporated from your tail light. I don't how that happens, but it often occurs with vacuum-metallized plastic. Easily spiffed up by disassembling, fine wet sanding (say 400 grit), cleaning with denatured alcohol, and painting with rattle-can chrome paint. Pictures below are before and after shots of similar tail light on a Murray-built Western Flyer. On this bike, I also painted the front of the tank (headlight), the switch housing on the tank, and the chain wheel cap, all plastic.
Have fun!
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Notagamerguy:
Nice! I'm jealous of the saddle. I have the same saddle from my 1960 Flightliner, but it all fell apart. It looks like the chrome evaporated from your tail light. I don't how that happens, but it often occurs with vacuum-metallized plastic. Easily spiffed up by disassembling, fine wet sanding (say 400 grit), cleaning with denatured alcohol, and painting with rattle-can chrome paint. Pictures below are before and after shots of similar tail light on a Murray-built Western Flyer. On this bike, I also painted the front of the tank (headlight), the switch housing on the tank, and the chain wheel cap, all plastic.
Have fun!
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Oh i am having fun with this one. Im currently soaking the rims in oxalic acid im reasembing/ fabricating the front of the tank and tires are on the way. Schwinn has a very similar s refector and i always paint them silver. I guess plastic and chrome dont mix

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