Patina Cruiser-Clunker

[mmbackpacker]

Long story short... I found another bike to add to the collection two weeks ago. Took it completely apart, soaked the bearings and pedal cranks in gas, re-greased and assembled. Rides like a charm and it looks quite a bit like the original fat tire type of bike (new Belgium brewery type of fat tire) so I added a little New Belgium tire patch kit.

It is a Murray Monteray, and it has a little sticker by the bottom bracket that has 03-78, anybody know if that's the date of manufacture?

At any rate, on to what we all like, the pictures:

 

[UncleKudzu]

nice! i've got a ratty little Murray Monterey like that and i really like it.

looks like yours is in fine shape. love that saddle. wish i had a basket like that for mine!

 

[Rustinkerer]

It is a Murray Monteray, and it has a little sticker by the bottom bracket that has 03-78, anybody know if that's the date of manufacture?

Yes, it's usually a black decal w/white letters. That's an early ballooner Monterey, the used the name on a 3 speed touring bike til 76 or so, then used it into the early 90s on the cruiser. Great bike to build something out of! I have an 82 that I built into a retro rat.

-Adam

 

[tatman]

i like it...but do you just put the paint can in the basket and carry it around...or you gonna get a kickstand LOL!!! i'd just tote the paint can around!

 

[mmbackpacker]

Yup, definitely looking for an appropriate kickstand. The one it had was way too short.

 

[BarnesTO]

Likin' it....I'm considering pulling the trigger on an old Murray frame myself, this one would be going over to the darkside for a motor. Of course I want an old Schwinn, but for the money, I'm thinking Murray.

 

[predfan2001]

I love Murrays. Cheap and the parts are easy. I ran across a Santa Cruz and redid it sort of like a boardtracker.