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Not one of the Deluxe Rockets with the rare metal tank protective shrouds, that this thread is about, but from what I can tell from the S# it appears to be a 1953 basic Model Rocket. Cool bike, clean it up and enjoy!
Yep, what ricobike said. Your bike is what is generally referred to as a Monark 4 bar. The men's version a 5 bar. Or the Champion frame 4 or 5 bar. That is a totally different bike than the Rocket bikes that this thread is about. Most of the Monark 4 Bar or 5 Bar frame bikes that I've had, had...
Another confirmed 1953 girls Super Chief has showed up on a Monark Facebook group page the other day. It is in very good mostly complete shape in Yellow and Black. This one has a Rocket Ray that looks to be OG color and original to the bike.
Model Number: 67 158, Serial number: 1412948, Belongs...
Yep, that definitely looks like one! Please add more pictures and the Model/Serial Number when you get it! Congratulations.
Edit: On a closer look, this bike appears to have the standard double spring Monark fork, and the Red/white w/ black frame color scheme of the regular Monark Rocket, but...
On the other hand... Powder Coating is usually cheaper and less work for you. But as stated before it is harder to second stage color or add decals.
However, a really good powder coater can two and even 3 stage powder and decals. But, most industrial powder coaters don't want to mess with it...
True automotive grade enamel is getting harder to find but is probably closest to what was used originally on most single stage painted bikes. It is very slow drying, thus the reason some bake it to speed up the process, but not necessary if you are patient. Rattle can enamel is junk. I usually...
Thanks Leon, you are correct! The aluminum frame is indeed a Hawthorne Duralium Air-Flow rather than a Flo-Cycle. I am not very knowledgeable with the early aluminum frame bikes and had heard/seen them all generally referred to as Flo-Cycles, but I later found an add from '36 showing the...
Picked up these two Monark pre-war frames at Haysville this weekend, and as usual I can't make any since out of the serial numbers using the widely inaccurate Monark serial number charts that are floating around.
I'm guessing the Flo-Cycle frame number 17838 is probably '36 or 37, and most...
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