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Westfield built Higgins?
- Thread starter Gordon
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MrColumbia
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Looks Westfield to me. It has the 40's clam-shell tank. Check the serial number, it has 1941 written all over it.
MrColumbia
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
That tank was used post war as well. Tough to tell a 41 from a 45 - 47 because they are essentially the same bike. I'm not an expert on sears branding so I can't speak on that.
Adamtinkerer
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Leftovers assembled by westfield as a JCH. Most weren't shown in catalogs because they varied so much. I think Sears only bought odd lots from westfield, after giving their main contract to Murray.
RustyK
I live for the CABE
Hey Gordy, I had a bike like this I thought it was a postwar, built by the factory with some left over prewar parts. Mark and Mike the father and son from the Minnesota antique bike club now own it. You could see if they can send you a pic, unfortunately I didn't take pics of the bike.
I really enjoyed reading about the whole Westfield-JC Higgins connection from you CABE'rs!
It turns out I JUST picked-up a JC Higgins (built by Westfield) ... a very nice original "Survivor" from a good friend who traded for this at the Charlotte N.C. Auto Fair last weekend ....
At first I thought this was late '50's .... and THEN ... I noticed FLAT FENDER BRACES .... (which I've always associated (mostly) with Pre-war)
(the rear fender brace was replaced incorrectly at some point and it shouldn't go to the axle nuts... I researched that much)
So after reading these posts ... and digging out my "Book" of JC Higgins/Elgin/Hawthorne bikes I found this EXACT model in the '47 & '48 Catalog pages of Sears & Roebuck .... I have narrowed this down to a 1948 based on the letter "N" on the JC Higgins (Musselman) CB hub.
SO ... this JC Higgins "pre-dates" the whole Colorflow Series Bikes....
The graphics on this bike are in amazing condition for its age! So far ... I have done NO cleaning on this bike for the pictures below...
Enjoy! Cheers! CCR Dave
It turns out I JUST picked-up a JC Higgins (built by Westfield) ... a very nice original "Survivor" from a good friend who traded for this at the Charlotte N.C. Auto Fair last weekend ....
At first I thought this was late '50's .... and THEN ... I noticed FLAT FENDER BRACES .... (which I've always associated (mostly) with Pre-war)
(the rear fender brace was replaced incorrectly at some point and it shouldn't go to the axle nuts... I researched that much)
So after reading these posts ... and digging out my "Book" of JC Higgins/Elgin/Hawthorne bikes I found this EXACT model in the '47 & '48 Catalog pages of Sears & Roebuck .... I have narrowed this down to a 1948 based on the letter "N" on the JC Higgins (Musselman) CB hub.
SO ... this JC Higgins "pre-dates" the whole Colorflow Series Bikes....
The graphics on this bike are in amazing condition for its age! So far ... I have done NO cleaning on this bike for the pictures below...
Enjoy! Cheers! CCR Dave
