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szathmarig

Cruisin' on my Bluebird
That's right, there's only one, unless you can prove me wrong.
This is a ChromeMaster Roadmaster Tall Tank model.
Before the Luxury Liner, and after the Supreme, there was the Tall tank model.
It was an only one year model, and it was the top of the line for the Cleveland Welding Co.
Roadmasters were available in chrome, which were the ChromeMasters, but hardly any were made, because of the price tag. This bike must have been a special order for some rich fellow, or for a show, or some spectacular event. The bike is equipped with heavy duty drive train, locking shock master springer forks, ND DD two speed, rack light (which might be a turn signal light, or a brake/stoplight), and saddle light tail light that still works to this day. Next to the serial number it's stamped C4 which I think stands for Chrome No.4.
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I have another 41 Roadmaster with K serial, that is equipped with locking springer, and saddle light, and there is nothing next to the serial number. I'd like some other ChromeMasters posted with serial numbers, so we can get to the bottom of this.
 
Beautiful Roadmaster. I enjoy seeing bikes like this that have survived. Hard to document and fun to speculate on how many, special circumstances, etc. Some models never make the catalog, generally because they aren't regular production models. Sometimes, one or a handful are made as presentation pieces, or as gifts to company management, show bikes, or travelling pre-production bikes that are taken to various bike dealers for a limited time to draw people in to the dealer. Often times they are contest bikes, as in the case of the all chrome Monark Firestone Imperial. I too have an all chrome bike with a similar pedigree, though it's only a postwar middleweight of much lesser value, though rare just the same. It's a 62 Hiawatha Silver Jet. Congrats on your find! It will be a lot of fun trying to document its history. Maybe you can stump Leon Dixon, as I did.
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