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1948 Monark sex change?????

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Pauliemon

Finally riding a big boys bike
My buddy Curtis and I enter the bicycle portion of the Sacramento Autorama almost every year since 2010. This year we decided to do a TRM convertible tank on a 48 Monark Deluxe. I figured I wouldn't ruffle to many feathers because it was a girlie.
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I went through the standard amount of parts switch/mock ups,...lots.
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We ended up dropping the skirts. We thought they interrupted the lines.
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Now the fun stuff. Curtis is a very talented fabricator, he did all the fab work. He's great to work with. "Hey Curtis lets put a bracket on the chainstay so we don't have to use a strap", "okay".
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We cut up a repo horn tank to place under the TRM tank
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Removed the bottom support bar for a cleaner look.
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We didn't want a rack on the back but liked the ribbed design. So we joined it with the chain guard.
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We had to weld the chainring to the cranks so to remove the pin that holds it. Also I used modern wider one piece cranks and sweet heart chainring.
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I used later model Monark double deep fenders. I wanted the wheels to disappear in the fenders. Curt lengthen the rear using a piece of the stock rear fender. He also removed the indentations for the front fork legs and rear taillight. The taillight is a Persons multi with the lens replaced with a 53 Chevy lens.
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I think the saddle is a 1930s Persons. I took the cover off a $35 cruiser saddle. It was a single pan saddle so I modified a bottom pan from a dual pan Messinger saddle. That way it was easier to stretch the cover and make it conform.
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