Comments on: James’ Old Huffy Scout

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:03:38 +0000

I enjoyed seeing your pictures. I loved my Huffy Scout and have never forgotten it. It took a lot of babysitting to save enough money to buy it and I was so proud of it. Mine looked exactly the same except the seat was brown or a dark tan color and I think the handlebar tape was yellow. Thanks for the memories…

By: Steve Ferrell

Steve Ferrell — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:08:06 +0000

I have a Huffy Model 36803x bike that is all red, including the tires. The bike is still BRAND NEW, in the box, never assembled. I need to find some information about the bike. When it was made, and an approximate value. Contact me via e-mail at address above.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:37:19 +0000

My treasured Huffy Scout bicycle was stolen from me in 1976. Back then, my parents saved their money for months to buy me my first 10 speed bike. I was devastated. I have never had another bike like it and have been looking for one for years. The photo you have posted here brings back many fond memories. If you ever want to part with it James, I would pay just about anything for it.

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:27:51 +0000

I just found a Women’s Huffy Scout Bike. The frame and gears seems to be in good condition. It will need tires. Look’s nice. If you would like to see a photo email me at chokureiseiheki@hotmail.com

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:41:53 +0000

James–Any chance you would part with your Scout? I had one very similair to this (had some upright h-bars put on, bad back) and it was stolen from my yard last night! Looking everywhere for a replacement.

By: Evan Jones

Evan Jones — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:14:24 +0000

looks clean! I just bought one of these at a flea market. it was dirty and rusted so im currently stripping it down and im gonna get all new parts and repaint it.

By: James

James — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:31:53 +0000

Thanks for the info Ten-speed. I had asked a friend who is into bikes and he didn’t think I had found a long lost gem but he did seem interested in the seat. With your info you gave me I think just tool around town on it. I was looking for something to ride with my wife when this came up. I’ll get a picture of it as it is now and I’ll take one when it’s restored. Once again, Thank you for the info.

James

By: The Ten-Speed Dreamer

The Ten-Speed Dreamer — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:54:46 +0000

Hi James,

My 2Â¢:

1. It’s great to hear there are other Scouts like this out there. This is one of my most favorite 10speeds to this day.

2. I would encourage you not to worry about the value of this bike. For a couple of reasons: It’s not worth thousands and it’s not worth several hundreds.:) Depending on your location or if you found the right person, you could get a couple hundred for it. (I personally would give $200 plus for the scout pictured here, but is it worth $200? Perhaps it’s worth more.)

3. It shouldn’t cost you very much at all to restore it. If it has been stored in a basement for it’s entire life, and it really hasn’t been ridden much you could probably getaway with tires, tubes and maybe new cables and/or brake pads. Depending on the conditions in the basement, it might not need anything like that. If you did the work yourself, you could replace all of the about mentioned for around ~$30. If you had the work done, it would be ~$60-$200.

4. As I said in item 2, don’t worry about the value. Especially if you intend to ride it. It is worth riding. I wouldn’t recommend it for a trans-continental tour, but I think it would be a great ride for tooling around town or out on a bikepath.

5. Please fix it up and send us some pictures to enjoy.

Thanks for reading.

Cameron

By: James

James — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:54:32 +0000

Hello. I found a bike just like the “Huffy Scout” pictured here under a blanket in a basement. The lady said it hasn’t been riden in 35 years. Everything is original including the seat. Only the color of the paint is different. The color of this bike is the color of the word “SCOUT” with a lighter color for the word “SCOUT”. I don’t think its been riden more than 10 times. My questions are, if you can help me, #1 How much is the bike worth? #2 How much will it cost me to restore and 3) I would like to ride this bike but it I restored it, is it worth riding? If the bike is only worth several hundreds of dollars, I’ll ride it. If it’s worth several thousand, then I would like to sell it. I can get a picture of it if that helps.

Thank You

James Ingram

By: ted

ted — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:13:34 +0000

just got a very similar bike a huffy 685 from my dad yours looks better than mine but i will say that my bike is lighter than my recent schwinn avenue which is an aluminum frame but all things tend to be relative bikewise