ROSS 1962 or 63 ?

[OneHorsePower]

its a men 26" Ross "i am pretty sure" but i cant find a definitive answer to witch model from witch year it is :?
Original color green , have a hole on the right arch tube created by rust were there was "i guess" a bracket back then .
here it is:http://s1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee385/GoldenSim/Frank Ross bike/

i only know 3 options possible
http://www.sacroboscorims.com/products/1963-coast-king-flite-king
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11694
http://thecabe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?9491-26-quot-Starjet-Mach-III-NOS

the Starjet-Mach-III-NOS seem more like it , with the same sprocket and a bracket were my frame have a rusted hole, but mine came with a high chopper style handle bar and the normal seet like the other 2 bikes :?: :!:

what's your guess ?

 

[ratina]

I've heard the first number after the R is the last letter of the year. So in your case 57, 67, etc. Not sure if thats right though.

 

[OneHorsePower]

yeah i was reading this on a other thread just after my post , but no success finding a similar frame with years 57 or 67

 

[OneHorsePower]

Bump!

 

[snarehead123]

yours is a 67ross mine is a 66ross! the 7 after the r tells me that! here'

s mine!

 

[OneHorsePower]

did you modify the rear drop outs ? cause the look more modern then mine.. and mine have 3holes for mounting a headbadge .yours have a sticker if i see well
the bike was disassembled 3 years ago and if i remember ,the head badge was like this one , but beat-up and colorless

 

[30thtbird]

You guys are close. On Ross bikes, the first two numerical digits are the year. Hence, R71 is a 1971.

 

[OneHorsePower]

are there some exceptions to this ? why would i have the 62/63 style drop-outs , sprocket cover , and emblem holes ? more important then the year , i want to know the model to see what it would have look like stock

 

[OneHorsePower]

BUMP!

 

[OneHorsePower]

Bumb! :?

 

[OneHorsePower]

Infinite Bumtibump ... i guess knowbody really know allot about those bikes :?