Help with bike ID please

[tikiharl]

I picked up this gem today off of CL. The ad was a couple of days ago and when I first seen it I thought I should buy it just for the tank to put on my Burrito.Now after getting it home I'm thinking to leave it whole.The decal appears to say Fast King and under it ......stores. It looks like there could be the word "to" right before the decal tear. Possibly " Coast To Coast Stores" There is no marking on the brake arm but there is a pattern.It has a glass reflector and a book rack with a cutout towards the front. It has a Messinger seat that is supposed to be white and white grips. I have included pics of dropouts,tank,guard and chainring. Any ideas fellows ?

 

[Markm]

yep, Coast To Coast Coast King/Fast King. Made for the stores...
http://oldroads.com/pqdb_img.asp?p=fdbd ... Coast_King

 

[tikiharl]

Thanks Mark. Yep thats it "Coast King" not "Fast King" as I had thought.Does anyone recongnize the manufacturer,from the dropouts or chainring? I have seen online suggestions of it being Huffy,Murray etc. Thanks

 

[JLarkin]

If you end up ratting it, I could use that rear reflector.

 

[Wildcat]

Made by Ross.

A shot of mine. Notice the fork crown, rear dropouts and sprocket are the same as yours.

This is a Coast King Riviera, photo from one of the members here.

 

[roadmaster]

cool find!!! i see lots of potential. don't really see alot of ross built bikes anymore.

 

[icyuod2]

i'm gonna say the bicycle chain corp. (new york)
heres my thunder jet

i've got a ross compact also made by the bicycle chain corp.

 

[Rustinkerer]

My Thunder Jet:

And Starliner:

Ross was Chain Bike's own brand, just like Rollfast was Snyder's own brand. The other names are store branded bikes. I like 'em! ~Adam

 

[tikiharl]

So it looks like it was made by Bicycle Chain Corp. , distributed as a Ross and then a " Coast King" sticker slapped on it and sold at Coast To Coast.
Thanks All !!! :wink: