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1957 Evans-Colson Sonic Scout Find

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Nice bike! Most Evans with square fenders were middleweights. Your tires look like balloons. What are yours?
It's definitely a middleweight with 26" x 1.75" tires. I asked the mod to move this thread to the middleweight forum but that hasn't happened yet.
 
This was the last of the bikes from Evans. A shadow of it's Colson roots. The remaining Evans' parts stock used up on Murray frames. They eventually ran out of metal head badges and used what was basically a metallic sticker. Towards the end of production, some frames, though made by Murray of Ohio had no serial numbers, with only a small M O stamped into the underside of the bottom bracket. A sad end to Colson.
 
Pretty crazy to go from purchasing Colson in 1954 to being out of business in 1962. Maybe they took on too much with the purchase or were just run poorly.
 
Disassembled and lubed the crank/front stem/front hub, installed NOS longer quilled seat post. Still need to tackle the rear hub but never done one before so need to get some detailed instructions. Need to track down a bulb for the front light and address a small tear in the seat. It originally had white pedal blocks as well so looking for a set of those.

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