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M.O.T.S.-V M - Murray O - Ohio T - Tennessee (not 1954-T) S - Sears (not 1953-S) V - 1956-V. MOD-502, 458 Mod - model (not 1939-D) 502 - code for Sears 458 - model #

MOS-P is likely 1950, (and for Sears). MOS-S would be 1953, because sometimes, "S" (e.g., in MOS) is for Sometimes-Sears, on Murray-built bikes. Other times, the "S" stamp is a date code. Murray may have re-used the "S" date code in 1960, but the difference between the 1950's and 1960's...

I would estimate late 1920's with an "F" serial number. The Excelsior Cycle company had financial difficulties in the late 1920's; (I vaguely recall reading something about the year 1929). Not sure if they lasted into 1930, although pictures of their makes are shown in ads for 1930's Sears Elgin...

I found one for $75 local pick-up on eBay in 2015, (about one month after joining this forum). The company called the color purple as, "violet pearl".

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1953-vintage-firestone-store-2054920280 The 1953 Firestone catalog pictures are grainy, and the "Holiday" catalog number 9A 100 might be read.

Seems kind-of-high to me, but in my neighborhood, sometimes people put old derailleur bikes out on the street for refuse collection on Mondays?

A google search of 3/8-24 UNF oversize threads yielded tools and information for tapping oversize "H" threads. From the CABE thread, mentioned before, (new link): https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/new-departure-axle-nuts.3222/ the difference that one measured was 0.371" - 0.366" = 0.005" which...

An amateur's refurbishment might be fitting, rather than an expensive restorization.

Nice work. And maybe someday a precision rim pin-striping attachment?

How important are the A15 Socket washers (spherical washers) and the A14 Axle washers (flat washers)? And is adding thin lock nuts, on either or both sides recommended, helpful or harmful?

I have been tinkering with some old hubs of various makes and ages, overhaul and painting (not contracted metal-plating or powder-coating), and was wondering about using the very-high temperature (VHT) spray paints. So Krylon has Engine paints (550-degrees) and Caliper paints (900-degrees)...

J.W. Grady New England bicycles also had the diagonally-spaced holes for fastening head badge.

I was thinking maybe a matching color painted stripe in the groove of the sprocket.

Not a canti-lever, but a twin-arch.

I believe that 1934-M would have the integrated chain tensioner screws (not the banjo style), that seemed to go away early post-war, yet retaining the older-style rear fork ends.

I believe that the arch truss frame bike on eBay; (whoever ends auctions at midnight, doh, deserves a measly $150- high bid!); could be an Emblem Angola NY. Perhaps measure the arch or truss tube diameter; is it fairly small? The locations of the diagonally-spaced head badge screws look...

So the bare-metal frame is not a HP Snyder, DP Harris or Rollfast; it is a Shelby Ohio bike. Shelby started about ~1925, and began to re-use alphabet letters, sometime about ~1940(?); and they seem to skip letters too(!)(?). Maybe they reached their millionth bike, and did not wish to...

I wonder if a rock-tumbling type operation would polish-up the rougher edges, (or might ruin it?).

Nice bike. Not sure if I did my 3-speed bike the wrong way, but I was able to loosen the lock nut on the reaction arm, and twist the axle so that the flats and the tab on the yellow-painted steel fixed washer aligned to the frame (Worksman).

Nice middleweight bike (26 x 1.75" tires). I believe that the SPCA did allow (and still allows) the amber and red reflectors on children's bicycle toys. 16 CFR 1512: "Side reflectors. The side-mounted reflector devices shall be essentially colorless or amber on the front wheel and essentially...