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Murray serial number project.
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Lets add this one to the mix.
Perhaps a Murray Vanguard??
Head badge is missing though rivets remain and are not loose, no signs of paint on chrome horn tank, Delta Hawk fender light is chrome as well. Something else I have noticed is that on the rack a small star is present under the Murray logo, which I haven't noticed on the few other pictures of this rack that I've seen. I'm suspecting it's a Fleetwood, since they seem to be the only black framed middleweights that Murray made back then.
I suspect that the tank is unoriginal (looks a lot like a Columbia tank that I found on line). I doubt the grips are original, front lamp is missing the lens,
Perhaps a Murray Vanguard??
Head badge is missing though rivets remain and are not loose, no signs of paint on chrome horn tank, Delta Hawk fender light is chrome as well. Something else I have noticed is that on the rack a small star is present under the Murray logo, which I haven't noticed on the few other pictures of this rack that I've seen. I'm suspecting it's a Fleetwood, since they seem to be the only black framed middleweights that Murray made back then.
I suspect that the tank is unoriginal (looks a lot like a Columbia tank that I found on line). I doubt the grips are original, front lamp is missing the lens,
kngtmat
Wore out three sets of tires already!
That is a beautiful black 59 Murray and that looks like an original Murray tank to me when I look in the link of a 59 Murray catalog but I don't see that model.
http://murrayeliminatormusclebikes.yuku.com/topic/10/1959-Murray-catalog
http://murrayeliminatormusclebikes.yuku.com/topic/10/1959-Murray-catalog
Yeah I saw that catalog on line, and to me it looks like the Meteor, except black frame and chrome tank. I only speculated that it was Columbia tank cause I saw one for sale on line and the hole pattern and the front end (by the head tube) looks more like the Columbia than the tank in that Murray Catalog.
Also the Gambles bikes do have a Hiawatha Vanguard line, which I haven't been able to find any mention of in any year Murray. Of course, I'm new to this style of bike and company so I'm still learning/looking. So who knows.
Not that it matters much, I'm probably over time going to powder coat/redecal it and restore what I can on it.
Adamtinkerer
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Here's mine for the project. Hoping for an id on the model and year please!
Thanks for the work here.
MOTS-W would make it a 1957.
Cool. Thanks Adam.
silvercreek
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I got one like that for my 9th birthday in 1956. It was my first bike.
slope pilot
'Lil Knee Scuffer
Help ID this bike
New to old bikes, this was my Grandmas bike, I think its a 1939 Mercury.
The serial number is MF 1 3736 or MF 13736.
Any help would be appreciated. I have all parts except spokes and hubs and rear sprocket. I have the original horn and headlight parts, D battery operated, and some Stuart Warner floating hubs! Im in the middle of primering the bike and hope to be finished by Xmas.
Thanks in avance, Dave
New to old bikes, this was my Grandmas bike, I think its a 1939 Mercury.
The serial number is MF 1 3736 or MF 13736.
Any help would be appreciated. I have all parts except spokes and hubs and rear sprocket. I have the original horn and headlight parts, D battery operated, and some Stuart Warner floating hubs! Im in the middle of primering the bike and hope to be finished by Xmas.
Thanks in avance, Dave
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or is it a 41 Mercury Pacemaker? Origianl colors maroon/white
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