Prewar Elgin Orange

[Marc's Classic Chrome]

Kind of a tough color to find — does anyone need that color?

She was gonna be a parts bike for me now I am feeling guilty.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Murray-built, correct?

Looks like the post-war 1945-48 transition tubular frame structure patent 2,443,008 by some fine craftsman.

Pre-dates the later 1947-49 seat post cluster structure of patent 2,491,379, by the same non-Sears craftsman, named “Al”.

 

[Marc's Classic Chrome]

It sure could Be — the owners called it a 1945.