Any help on what it’s worth.

[Frank and Pam Skid Kings]

The longer this post gets, the cooler and more interesting this bike gets. Kinda grows on ya. Somebody is going to want to pick this up.

 

[3-speeder]

The longer this post gets, the cooler and more interesting this bike gets. Kinda grows on ya. Somebody is going to want to pick this up.

This bike is right up my alley but because it's a ladies model I wouldn't pay more than fifty bucks if it was close by me. Cool old shifter lever and a few other parts that stand out. Love that old SA hub too.

 

[ZE52414]

This bike is right up my alley but because it's a ladies model I wouldn't pay more than fifty bucks if it was close by me. Cool old shifter lever and a few other parts that stand out. Love that old SA hub too.

Most of the parts fit on men’s models too

 

[usarnie1]

Hi 3-speeder,

Yesterday, I purchased another 1953 Hercules QEII Coronation Celebration bicycle that was on e-bay. I was the only bidder! The bike was located in Roade Island and it was a pick up only! Good thing I have a cousin who lives 63 miles from the seller! The bike is now in Massachusetts in my cousins garage. My cousin is going to dismantle the bike and ship only the stock parts to me in California. When the stock parts arrive, I will put on all the missing stock parts onto the bike. By looking at the photo, you can see the following non-stock parts: the steer-horn handle bars, white hand grips, pedals (rt one is broken), both rims which are not original (the rear rim has a German Komet Super Coaster brake laced to it). Because I do not want any of the non-stock parts, my cousin will pack up all the stock parts and put them into a small box and off to California they will go! Once they have arrived, I will put on the following stock parts onto the bike: brake calipers and hand controls, both Dunlop wheels (the rear one will have a '53 Hercumatic Hub, a Hercumatic shifter, Brooks brown B66 leather saddle, original handlebars, replaca brown hand grips, original Hercules pedals, etc.

 

[3-speeder]

Hi 3-speeder,

Yesterday, I purchased another 1953 Hercules QEII Coronation Celebration bicycle that was on e-bay. I was the only bidder! The bike was located in Roade Island and it was a pick up only! Good thing I have a cousin who lives 63 miles from the seller! The bike is now in Massachusetts in my cousins garage. My cousin is going to dismantle the bike and ship only the stock parts to me in California. When the stock parts arrive, I will put on all the missing stock parts onto the bike. By looking at the photo, you can see the following non-stock parts: the steer-horn handle bars, white hand grips, pedals (rt one is broken), both rims which are not original (the rear rim has a German Komet Super Coaster brake laced to it). Because I do not want any of the non-stock parts, my cousin will pack up all the stock parts and put them into a small box and off to California they will go! Once they have arrived, I will put on the following stock parts onto the bike: brake calipers and hand controls, both Dunlop wheels (the rear one will have a '53 Hercumatic Hub, a Hercumatic shifter, Brooks brown B66 leather saddle, original handlebars, replaca brown hand grips, original Hercules pedals, etc.

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Good score there sir. Nice to have cousins in the right places. I'm sure you'll make good use of it. Got a few projects ahead of mine yet.

 

[Oilit]

The saddle is a Dunlop 'Drilastic', pretty similar in construction to a modern Brooks 'Cambium'.
Makes me wonder how my 'Cambium' will fare over time.

If it lasts 80 years, I'd say you got your money's worth.

 

[rhm]

Hi 3-speeder,

Yesterday, I purchased another 1953 Hercules QEII Coronation Celebration bicycle that was on e-bay. I was the only bidder! The bike was located in Roade Island and it was a pick up only! Good thing I have a cousin who lives 63 miles from the seller! The bike is now in Massachusetts in my cousins garage. My cousin is going to dismantle the bike and ship only the stock parts to me in California. When the stock parts arrive, I will put on all the missing stock parts onto the bike. By looking at the photo, you can see the following non-stock parts: the steer-horn handle bars, white hand grips, pedals (rt one is broken), both rims which are not original (the rear rim has a German Komet Super Coaster brake laced to it). Because I do not want any of the non-stock parts, my cousin will pack up all the stock parts and put them into a small box and off to California they will go! Once they have arrived, I will put on the following stock parts onto the bike: brake calipers and hand controls, both Dunlop wheels (the rear one will have a '53 Hercumatic Hub, a Hercumatic shifter, Brooks brown B66 leather saddle, original handlebars, replaca brown hand grips, original Hercules pedals, etc.

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Hmm! What's your cousin going to do with the wheels? If they're surplus, I might have a use for them....

 

[usarnie1]

Hi RHM,

My cousin does not have any use for the wheels. What are you offering?

 

[1951 C.W.S]

If I hade to give it a guess it would be 1947

 

[Goldenrod]

Historical tidbit: I was in the third grade 1953 and my class learned that young Elizabeth was told that she was Queen while in a tourist type tree house in Kenya. My wrinkled old face smiles at the thought that the excited people at Hercules chose a different bike color to honor the trembling young lady. That was the first time that I heard the term but I wanted to build one. The old one is still there and I when up in it a few years ago to look at the giraffes.