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Murray, probably made for Sears, probably branded JC Higgins. There is one on page three of the Murray serial number thread with very similar stampings.
502 is the code that tells the guy at the Sears parts department that they got that bike from Murray, rather than Huffman, or Westfield, or Puch, etc. MOS-L might be useful information. MOS would be 1953, but Murray may have put an S in for Sears, in which case that's really MOL, aka 1947. I think it's 1947. There is a good chance that some of the other numbers, like probably the 221, are part of a Sears catalog number. You might be able to nail it down better by perusing Sears catalogs from around 1947.
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/murray-serial-number-project.7014/page-35#post-1237794
502 is the code that tells the guy at the Sears parts department that they got that bike from Murray, rather than Huffman, or Westfield, or Puch, etc. MOS-L might be useful information. MOS would be 1953, but Murray may have put an S in for Sears, in which case that's really MOL, aka 1947. I think it's 1947. There is a good chance that some of the other numbers, like probably the 221, are part of a Sears catalog number. You might be able to nail it down better by perusing Sears catalogs from around 1947.
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/murray-serial-number-project.7014/page-35#post-1237794
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Rigs
Finally riding a big boys bike
Dogtown
Finally riding a big boys bike
#rigs Keep going it seems like it won’t happen at first and you are just making a mess. I ended up with a 34 Schwinn underneath a lead paint nightmare.
Dogtown
Finally riding a big boys bike
Don’t give up hope yet. It is a pain in the … and it seems like you are just making a mess but it will work before after 34 Schwinn
Rigs
Finally riding a big boys bike
Goof off is working ok. Turns out this bike is 100% old time rat bike. I would never make one myself but this thing truly is the beast. All homemade brackets, Higgins frame, far as I can tell a Murray rear fender, maybe Elgin front fender cut to a shorty, huffy chainguard. Gonna clean it up remove some paint and put it back together as is. When I got it it had on old Schwinn badge glued on as nameplate.
