Craigslist Find---1957 Murray Super Deluxe Fleetline

[silvertonguedevil]

After having to sell my '57 Western Flyer X53 recently, I've been so bummed that I even contemplated getting out of the hobby all together. I finally decided to brush the dust off and start looking for another bike instead. I ran across an ad on craigslist where a guy was selling several "old cruisers". His ad said to text for pictures which I did. He sent me a picture of this '57 Murray Super Deluxe Fleetline. I had never seen one of these before. I of course did some searching and saw a small handful of them on this website and on the web. I took off after work last night and drove the 500-mile roundtrip to bring it home. I got home a little after 1 am last night but enjoyed every minute of it. I am absolutely, head-over-heels in love with this bike. What a perfect bike to replace the X53 given their close relationship. Anyways, I got what I felt is a pretty good deal for a clean, original and 99% complete bike. The only thing that it's missing is the top to the headlight. Plans call for a deep scrub, some chrome and paint polishing and of course, some greasing and adjusting. Then, ride the wheels off of her with a 10-foot grin. I will be hanging on to this one!! I'll post pictures as I go along to show my progress.

 

[silvertonguedevil]

So the wife was kind enough to let me bring my "work" into the living room so I could watch the games while working on my bike.

I started with the seat. The front spring is broken so if anyone has an extra one, please let me know. I disassembled the seat and scrubbed everything down with hot soapy water. The sink was BLACK when I was done.

 

[silvertonguedevil]

I reassembled the seat as far as I could (without having the front spring) and I started working on the front rim. I took steel wool to all of the spokes, the rim and the hub. I found that one of the spokes was laced incorrectly so I corrected that. I will finish cleaning it, reassemble it and then I'll post some before and after pics. Stay tuned...

 

[militarymonark]

i might have one for ya, ill take a look here in the next day or so

 

[jpromo]

Now that's a different one! Sweet, unique find.

 

[GiovanniLiCalsi]

Sno-Seal leather finish works wonders on bicycle seats.

 

[silvertonguedevil]

i might have one for ya, ill take a look here in the next day or so

That'd be awesome! Thank you!!

 

[silvertonguedevil]

Sno-Seal leather finish works wonders on bicycle seats.

I'll check that out. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Mojo80]

Is there a bike light bandit looming?
About a week ago i picked up a '56(?) all there except for the top of the light.
Great bike, an easy favorite in my little stash. Any and all tips on "cleanup" is much appreciated , as I 've never had a bike this nice in this original condition to clean. I've heard you can do more harm than good.
Anyways, that's an awesome bike and nice pics.
(we're almost neighbors, I'm 30 miles SE of Fresno)
Sorry about the qualty :

 

[silvertonguedevil]

I think this is about to get a little uncomfortable......

I'm pretty sure that this is the bike that is in those pictures you just posted. I'm a little confused though. I'm sure this HAS to be the same bike. I bought this one last night from a guy in Porterville. Are we talking about the same guy/bike?