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| Help --------- What are the correct Wheel & Tire size for a Huffy Daisy Daisy circa 1960 My wife's father stored hers but lost the wheels Thanks |
| 26" X 1.75" chrome rims and WW tires. |
| I have a late 50's lady's schwinn tornado and the bolt on the goose head of the fork has been cut off. I need to replace it but do not know how to remove it. I have another fork on the same size schwinn american from 1961. will it work for the tornado? but it also won't budge. PLEASE HELP. I would really like a working bike. |
| hi, Yes I,m Not the much of bicycle restorer, but i have a friend that sells new and used bicycles here in jersey, he calls me up because i told i was looking for a old schwinn to restore and what do you know he had come across a old schwinn autocycle , so i said to my self, let me test my skill it was pains taking work the orignal finish was some what there.Due to the bike being possible stored out side for years. i had sand to where i left just enough orignal painted pinstripping on the frame and fork. i sanded until i had a smooth finish, then i taped off the front part of the frame. Since A lot of the older schwinns with the cantilever frames and the two tone paint on tank , frame, and front fork as well, for shcwinns as well as any other balloon tire bike with fine detail i personally recomend a fine line tape by 3M it really works well and it won,t stick like masking tape will,oh don,t forget the red oxide primer. i gave the frame and fork a good three heavy coats. final coats i had taken the frame to auto paint and supply shop so they could duplicate the paint that was needed after painting the frame and fork a dark carmine red which perfectly matches the oringnal finish, i took a very fine steel wool to smooth any roughness and then just cleaning the frame and fork with a damp towel or lint free cloth,and then two to three coats of a clear coat gloss lacquer let dry , and then sand clear coat with a fifteen hundred grit sand paper or two thousand grit sand paper becareful not to sand through the paint,again wipe frame, fork, with damp cloth let dry, then i use a red compound paste turtle wax preferably rub throughly on two new painted frame,fork, etc and then buff with a soft terry cloth towel, Well that's about enough restoration tips i have. Well Happy Restoring |
| where can i get general info on jc higgins ladies bikes? and can anybody indentify this bike, biue whith white lines through it looks like it might have benn a schwinn but has the jc higgins eblem painted on it balloon tires Thanks!! |
| There is a ton of information on JC Higgins bicycles in the archives here, including over a dozen pictures of them in the Picture Database. (For some reason they are in the database in 2 places as: "JC Higgins" and "J.C. Higgins" with periods after the J and C) |
| Hi my name is John, my grandfather gave me his pre 1950s JC Higgins bike. not sure what year. I want to restore it. I do need some parts. Tank, chain gaurd, etc..what i need to do is send a pic to someone who could tell me what it is. I could use the help. Thanks |
| I AM TRYING TO RESTORE A J.C. HIGGINS BICYCLE 26" AND I NEED A CRANK SHAFT, TIRES AND A LIGHT FOR THE FRONT FENDER. |
| We found this bike a few weeks ago and the only markings I foud was "kome Super. And I found out that this is a JC Higgins (sued to be sears after wwII. Could you please help us locate some information on this bike? |
| Does anyone know where I can locate pictures of a middleweight Columbia Torpedo when new? From what everyone has told me this bike shhould be of the late '50s early '60s era but it has a serial number from 1947; so I'm not sure where to go for the "when it was new" pictures. |