Who Built This When?

[Road Master]

This is the Elgin badged yard ornament I got from CCR. I couldn't find a serial number in any of the usual places. It looks like a Monark frame & sprocket and if so the ID plate on the bottom of the BB could be missing. Or maybe a Columbia w/ peaked fenders. Front wheel is not matched to the rear Elgin marked hub. This is nice and mucho crusty - I'm really enjoying taking these rust buckets and bringing them back to life. I appreciate any info I can get on this. Thanks alot.

 

[vibr8shun]

... pretty sweet lookin project bike...the coaster brake strap seems to be original :mrgreen:

...on a serious note, how much did you pay for the bike? just curious...I'm trying to get a feel for how much are similar bikes in that condition are going for. :?

 

[ChadB]

I don't know if this means anything, but that chain guard, which was chrome at one time, is the same one that was on the girls Western Flyer that I got my Morrow hub from, which was original to the bike, and the hub has a date code for 1935.

 

[Gold Street Customs]

Serial number should be under the crank (you may have to do a little scrapin to find)

 

[mastronaut]

Nice to see some ingenuity from the past on that coaster brake...

 

[NLCTVWguy]

Not to mention the "ingenuity' keeping the right side pedal tight...

I'd say 1935-1939 based on some of the pieces I see...

You got your work cut out for you there. Good thing is you can do whatever you want with it, it can't hurt it too much.

--Rob

Nice to see some ingenuity from the past on that coaster brake...

 

[Rustinkerer]

I'd say that's one of the few Monark built Elgins! They didn't start using the aluminum id plates until 46. It says in my book that pre-41 numbers were stamped very deeply in the bb. -Adam

 

[Road Master]

Hi Guys! Thanks for the info. I did not know when Monark started putting the plates on the BB and I figured it was prewar but I didn't imagine it was 1930s. I really like the reflector built into the rack. There is black paint over factory red so some of this may be preserved somewhat. I took steel wool to the bottom of the BB and couldn't find anything but it might show up after sand blasting. Thanks again.