First, did you all know that we are talking about a Huffy here! Yep, Davis Sewing Maching became Huffman bikes which became Huffy. That is a story for another time.
I actually had one of these bikes and came about it in an unusual fashion. I was driving home one night about a mile from home. I saw what looked like a pile of wood in front of a house and thought I saw a pair of handlebars sticking out. I was not yet into road bikes so this was late 80s or early 90s. I almost did not stop but curiousity got the better of me. After I took about a 4 ft by 10 ft stack of wood off of it, I saw the head tube badge. It said Davis Sewing Maching on it and it was the antique bronze type badge. It had wooden wheels and the front one was damaged very badly by the wood pile. Tires were shot but the drop handlebars and other parts were there and in very good shape. One thing I remember is that the chain ring webbing formed the name Davis.
As I said, I was not into road bikes yet so I took it to Trexlertown to sell. I had it on a back rack on my station wagon and I will never forget. Before I even touched it to take it off the rack a guy came up and asked me how much. I had no idea so I thought I would scare him off. I said $350, he countered and I said no. That was it, he opened his wallet and took the $350 out and lifted the bike from the rack and I never saw him again.
Perhaps this was one of you folks, I often wondered what eventually happened to that bike.
Ray Homiski
Elizabeth, NJ