Archie Sturmer
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
The red Western Flyer is a Monark built; Huffman acquired Monark in the later 1950’s. The red bike is a good example of how metallic paint was used in the 1950’s.
The metallic blue bike seems to be chipped like typical spray paint; and there is no other color, detailing or decals (i.e., all one color).
Also, we see an even pitting of the bottom bracket where the paint was recently stripped, does that surface look like it was previously sand blasted?
The reason to look on the insides, is that the paint in that area, underneath and behind the bearing cups, does not show, so the extra effort of removing original paint in that area is often not done.
The metallic blue bike seems to be chipped like typical spray paint; and there is no other color, detailing or decals (i.e., all one color).
Also, we see an even pitting of the bottom bracket where the paint was recently stripped, does that surface look like it was previously sand blasted?
The reason to look on the insides, is that the paint in that area, underneath and behind the bearing cups, does not show, so the extra effort of removing original paint in that area is often not done.
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