Verifying Colorflow/Jetflow help, please.

[guzziworksman]

I have a Ladies' Colorflow and a Jetflow I'll be putting up for sale soon - and I'd like to make sure I have them dated correctly. The Colorflow is a '51? The Jetflow is a '55? Thanks!

 

[Roadkill]

I'll have to double check when I get home, but pretty sure Q is 1951. There is a chart on this site somewhere.

Ride on,
Sean

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Murray serial number project. | Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965

The white bike is a Murray Ohio from their then-new Tennessee (T) factory; the “W” reflects the year, about 1957-W (as listed somewhere in this thread). The “29” refers to the Murray model number, they used odd numbers for the ladies models and the higher number (in the 20’s) reflects their...

thecabe.com

The MOSU might be on the thread below. https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/a-few-jc-higgins-jetflow-questions.187394/

 

[kreika]

This might help with dating it

 

[Adamtinkerer]

I thought Jetflow was '56-7, with the 'mesh' section on the guard and rack?