i.d. help needed!

[dave429]

Picked this up with the intention of making it a stripped down cruiser. Going to try and remove paint and polish everything up. It has a bendix 2 speed hub which I don’t think is original to the bike. Plus have to replace the seat. Should be a fun project if I can get it torn apart. Can anyone tell what I have exactly and year it was made? Thank in advance!

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Prewar Monark, probably a Rocket. Those numbers seem long, might be added town PD stampings. I don't believe anything is original besides the chain ring.

 

[dave429]

Prewar Monark, probably a Rocket. Those numbers seem long, might be added town PD stampings. I don't believe anything is original besides the chain ring.

I was thinking monark as well. The rear dropouts are not rear facing though like most other prewar bikes. I agree on the rest of the parts being incorrect besides the frame/fork and crankset.

 

[GTs58]

The rear facing slots are not drop outs, they're simply called a rear fork. A forward facing slot is a drop out.

 

[dave429]

The rear facing slots are not drop outs, they're simply called a rear fork. A forward facing slot is a drop out.

Learn something new everyday. This bike has dropouts then. Postwar or prewar is the question?

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Hmm, maybe '45 or early '46, as sometime that year they went to the aluminum ID tags, used through '54.