Manton and Smith bicycle

[mrg]

Here's a more updated pic's of my Manton & Smith made for Western Tire ( Not Western Auto ), I have a few with this springer pre & postwar, one difference I have noticed post war like yours and one of mine has a bigger pivot bolt and my prewar ones just have a reflector so I don't even know how to take it apart?, the Silver Shield reflectors broken with just a aluminum backing and bolt? head remaining, also there are a few different styles of top strut mounting plates ( thickness's ), so don't know the timeline on these but the prewar also say pat pending.

 

[Kickstand3]

Here’s mine not sure exactly what year , but I really dig it

This one is hanging out in my office

Crazy but I ended up with this one also

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[tomcat peterson]

Here's my m&s gold eagle. Note that the frame has roadster style parallel top tubes. Unlike the zephyr frames. Seems to be pretty uncommon.

 

[bicycle larry]

Funny story....a few years back I was given a tour of the 'back lot' or over stock room at the Bicycle Museum of America in
New Bremen...John B, a curator there was nice enough to give me a behind the scenes peak there.. Looking over what
was mostly uneventful back stock inventory I was amazed to see an incredible Manton & Smith Golden Zephyr bike ...turns out they had
no idea really what it was or it's importance. Needless to say...a few weeks later John sent me the following pix of the
bike cleaned up quite a bit and ready to head out to the museum floor to take its rightful place. It was just funny and
odd to see that bike languishing with dept store 1970s 3speeds in the mothball zone. That's The Bicycle Museum
of America for ya! >gag<
Beautiful original blue example and one of my favorite ballooners!

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sorry about the low rez pix.... reused the ones the museum forwarded once the bike was
detailed out a bit.

ANOTHER ONE FROM BICYCLE LARRY

 

[NORBERTO MORALES]

I ADDED THIS ONE TO MY COLLECTION

 

[poolboy1]

I ADDED THIS ONE TO MY COLLECTION

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What is this bike valued at? Looking at one.

 

[Kickstand3]

And another
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