Hi, this is a nice old pair of twin Monark Silver King super deluxe bicycles, we bought them from the kids of the original owners, the girls were twin sisters and were bought these 2 twin bikes at the same time, kind of cool that the serial numbers are consecutive so we thought we'd list the bikes together with free shipping to the continental USA only, 26 x 2. Bike frame is a 1937 standard boys duralumin. Instead of the pistol and holster on the Gene Autry, this small bicycle had a rifle and scabbard, and a bag in place of the horse’s head.Item: 132798361554 ** 2 VINTAGE MONARK SILVER KING SUPER DELUXE BICYCLES, ANTIQUE OLD BIKES **. A beautiful bicylce that is a work of art and always commands the center of attention in a showroom or on the road. For younger children (ages 3-6) the company offered a ’16-Inch Circle H Western Bike’ with stabiliser wheels. Described in contemporary advertising as ‘Monark Gene Autry’s Western Bike’ it was offered as Boys’ and Girls’ models, with both 24″ and 20″ wheels.
seat was used on Monark Silver King aluminum bikes and other deluxe bikes of. Rollfast was in collaboration with Hopalong Cassidy. Silver King was a division of the Monark Battery Co, and this company joined forces with Gene Autry in 1950 to promote a new line of bicycles fitted with a horse’s head and cowboy accessories. 1930s Classic Vintage Style Bicycle Poster - Swift Worlds Best Cycles. A tie-up with a celebrity had obvious advantages, as their endorsement would provide extra advertising possibilities. of Chicago, and it was best known for its amazing aluminum-frame, balloon-tire paperboy bicycles that were stylish, high tech and constituted 7 of the bicycle production in Chicago before World War II. Boys’ and girls’ bikes both came in 24″, 20″, and 16″ models …for buckaroos and buckarettes of all sizes.Īs production returned to normal after WW2, American companies were on the lookout for novel bicycle designs. The Monark Silver King bicycle company was established in the mid-1930s as a side project of the Monark Battery Co. Monark is also a brand of Brazilian bicycles, related to the original Swedish Monark AB. You can get most of the NBJ books at the Cabe (Classic & Antique Bicycle Exchange) sites bookstore. What is a Monark Monark, also known as Cykelfabriken Monark AB and Monark AB, is a Swedish bicycle, moped and motorcycle manufacturer, established in Varberg, Sweden 1908 by the industrialist Birger Svensson.
The 'Monark Book' is produced by NBJ, aka Newsletter By John, one of the original vintage bike sources. They revived the SK badge for the 1955 middleweight line. Genuine leather holster and red handled pistols were standard equipment. Monark did have a line of Silver King chainsaws and REotomatic lawn mowers in the 50s. The frame has been polished for many hours to resemble chrome Original 1937 Montgomery Wards Fall & Winter Catalog ad states: Frame, Forks, and Handle Bars are made of lightweight rustless duralumin the same strong. With ‘rodeo brown’ finish, jewelled fenders and chainguard and a pony head on the fork crown, it seemed ready for the silver screen, if not for the rigors of real life on the range. The bike frame is a 1937 standard boys duralumin (aluminum alloy) Hawthorne frame made by Silver King for Montgomery Ward. …It was designed with Gene Autry’s personal involvement, the catalog claimed. Monark Silver King Bicycle Manufactured by Monark Battery Company, Chicago, Illinois in 1936 This The Aluminum Monark Silver King was manufactured in Chicago.
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