My barnyard pick! Rusty Gold! Monarks and more!

[clerkkent]

A friend of mine lives in an old family farm in Norcal that has acres of rusty wheeled things. I've been hounding him to let me come over during daylight hours and explore. So two hours of 'ooh that's cool!' and 'ohhh what's that?' later, I gathered these frames:


on the left is 1950's Monark; on the right is a skiptooth Monark 5 bar:


top is a Columbia skiptooth (I think- the headbadege is rusted faded beyond readability, but looks like a Columbia). Below is a 1960s AMF


Since all the stuff is his Dad's, I had to negotiate with him. The final deal? I have to fix up his 'old' Huffy so it is ridable.



I got them home last night, and spritzed everything with PBlaster. So far, the AMF frame looks fairly easy to clean and put running gear on (other than need a seat post). The 5 bar's crank is turning freely, so I should have a usable frame. The other monark isn't so cooperative, and the Lady's bike has some holes in frame and fork that make it unappealing to work on any time soon.

 

[Nickinator]

Re: My barnyard pick! Rusty Gold

pretty good at identifying your own bikes, the bike on the right in the first picture is kind of a rare frame. It is a monark 5-bar.

Nick.

 

[FlordiaRust]

Re: My barnyard pick! Rusty Gold

Very nice find 8)

 

[ohdeebee]

Re: My barnyard pick! Rusty Gold

I've got a tank for the 50's Monark if you're interested.

 

[ratina]

Nice finds! That's actually a Huffy frame not an AMF

 

[dragnusa]

Id gladly fix up an old mtn bike for a bunch of frames like those

 

[clerkkent]

Any Monark Aficionados out there? The plate on the 50's bikes is as follows:


model# = 4408
serial# = A0226936

 

[Rustinkerer]

Any Monark Aficionados out there? The plate on the 50's bikes is as follows:


model# = 4408
serial# = A0226936

Serial dates it to 1946. -Adam

 

[clerkkent]

Thank you!

Any idea where I would find the serial number on the 5-bar?

Any Monark Aficionados out there? The plate on the 50's bikes is as follows:


model# = 4408
serial# = A0226936

Serial dates it to 1946. -Adam

 

[Nickinator]

on the seat-tube, left rear drop out, or under the crank.

Nick.

Thank you!

Any idea where I would find the serial number on the 5-bar?

Any Monark Aficionados out there? The plate on the 50's bikes is as follows:


model# = 4408
serial# = A0226936

Serial dates it to 1946. -Adam

 

[clerkkent]

I got the Huffy functional (and looking cool, IMHO):

 

[clerkkent]

The Monark is road worthy once again:

 

[clerkkent]

As is the five bar:



The ghastly West Coast Choppers (not Jesse James) lime green bike gave up its wheels set and fork for this; the rest came from an 1970s exercise bike.