Blast from the Past: Huffy Radio bike form 1955

We have seen some exclusive bikes from the antique slot, but the one featured here is a sure innovation of its kind. This one of a kind bicycle, the Huffy Radio Bike from my grandfather's era features a working AM radio inside its body.

huffy radiobike

Chic ain't it, here is how this works. Powered by the batteries stationed in the rear rack carrier, with the antenna running along the down tube, the radio in the tank comes embedded with a lock, sensitive tuner, volume controller and clear-tone speaker.

The bike was offered in red, green, and blue initially, and latter the built-in radio made its way out, and was used as strap-on plastic models for other bike models, but that lost the implication and the models no more remained the same.

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Huffy Radio Bike

[Source: Boing Boing]