![]() ![]() In 1970 Huffman deleted their three-bar frame and went to a two-bar Rail frame, eventually adding additional two-tone fade paint jobs along with Persons striped seats. The new 1969 models where the last year for the three-bar Rail frame style. Later that same year, Huffman released a new Slingshot model with 16' front dragster wheel, and 20' rear. In mid-1968, Huffman released the Flaming Stackchain guard, which was designed to look like the distinctive side exhaust pipe covers on the Corvette sports car. Tall 'stick-shift' derailleur gear shift levers mounted on the frame top-tube imitated the gearshift levers of popular muscle cars of the day, while many banana-seat cycles were fitted with tall chromed sissy bar passenger backrests at the rear of the seat. In 1968, in an effort to market a children's bicycle with an automotive theme, Huffman designers added a car-type steering wheel in place of handlebars to the Rail frame, which became the Huffy Wheel. ![]() The new frame became Huffman's base model until 1968. ![]() The new frame was approximately 4' to 5' longer than previous models. In 1966, Huffman introduced a new long-wheelbase bicycle frame called the Rail. ![]()
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