ID help

[Cereal Killer]

Picked this up today, I'm the 3rd owner. Been looking for similar pics on Google, but hadn't found any pics just like it. Got it to run for a second, but engine has a knock. Appears frame possibly may have been repaired at some point. The fenders were supposedly taken off when the bike was new, hence the good condition. Any help is appreciated.

 

[oldcarcbx]

My guess, Arco, Sold by Sears

 

[oldcarcbx]

Upon further review, I still think it is an Arco but I'm not sure it came from Sears. Assuming it has the original engine . A Sears bike would still have an engine with a Craftsman branding with a model number beginning in 143. xxxxxx. If Sears was still doing that in 1974

 

[Cereal Killer]

Upon further review, I still think it is an Arco but I'm not sure it came from Sears. Assuming it has the original engine . A Sears bike would still have an engine with a Craftsman branding with a model number beginning in 143. xxxxxx. If Sears was still doing that in 1974

Appreciate the input, its supposed to be original, but can't verify that.

 

[markus]

it is a Sears sold bike, they were also sold through and possbly made by ARA , their version was called a Trail Blazer (not connected with general appliance, they were gone by that time)

 

[oldcarcbx]

I knew I saw in a Sears catalog, couldn't recall the year.
As a point of clarification, what is the date of the catalog page you posted? And did Sears stop branding all of its minibike engines as Craftsman by that point in time?