rusty, prewar Mercury ? and a Higgins

[marius.suiram]

I got this Mercury... Asking for info about the model, year of fabrication, what's missing, any pictures of a complete bike.
The frame looks it was welded, the wheels are destroyed, but still has some nice parts.
Thanks, Marius













and a Higgins

 

[marius.suiram]

Mercury "World's Fair" ?

 

[Fv2]

Looks like the same bike.
Top tube may have broken, then re-welded.
Pretty cool find tho, where do you get these things?

 

[deorman]

Cool fender tips. Shame about the top tube.

 

[Rustinkerer]

Higgins is a '56 import. Murray was busy building a new factory that year, and tooling up for the new Flightliner line. Murray should have a date code on the BB. -Adam

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Yes you are correct ......they are rusty !

~ Rafael~

 

[RustySprockets]

No easy resurrection, but maybe this will provide some incentive.

 

[marius.suiram]

Thanks, guys for your replies.
I am not able to restore this bike, somebody will do it.
The girls bike has a bent fork, so it will be part out.