50's Murray Fleet Line

Sting Ray Lover · Feb 14, 2025

This is another Kentucky barn find. It's mostly complete but VERY rusty.

Started disassembly and rust removal.

The fenders have a lot of pitting and were supposed to be chrome.

"Holy Fender Batman!"

We'll see if it can be saved and painted.

Sting Ray Lover · Monday at 1:12 PM

The rear fender is really bad. It has some rust thru and the mounting tab is gone. Hardly any chrome left!

I sanded and wire brushed it and used Rustolium Rust remover and wire brushed some more. Then treated it with rust converter.

I will wet sand that with 400 grit before body filler.

Before sand cabinet blasting.

After sand blasting. I didn't remove the decal yet because I want to see if I can get a replacement cut.

This will probably be as close as I get to a Western Flyer X-53 so I'm going to fixer up!

Sting Ray Lover · Tuesday at 11:57 AM

Fab a fender tab.

I used a cheap fender from a Huffy Regatta 3 speed. Cut the tab section out and shaped it to fit where the chain runs past. I will epoxy it and add some 1/16 pop rivets unless someone has a better idea to fasten it.

50's Murray Fleet Line

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