Of and there is no signs of obvious grinding or filing to speak of, especially considering the original color was intact and un damaged it leads me toīelieve this is a WW1 manufactured bicycle or shortly there after. The color is the candy red with the silver under layer but after scraping the bottom of the bottom bracket there seems to be no numbers to speak
though everything we have both found contradicts itself at every turn so HOPEFULLY we can The serial number is stamped on the head tube oddly enough though there are 2 different sets of numbers, and according to the information we are finding this is either 70's-80's or a 65-68 year. It is the girls model 24" single speed which puts it hopefully before the 70's according to what i have read thus far. It would be wise to select a different frame to motorize.My girlfriend just acquired a Murray Monterey today (what we have deemed as a monterey by picture surfing Google) and are having a bit of trouble determining what year this bike is. Motorization will put stress on this frame that it was never designed to handle. These bikes did not have a good reputation for standing up under rough usage. The same bike might have had different model names or finishes. Murray made different bikes for different retail outlets at the same time. If that's the model number it might be that the "140" on your bike refers to a chrome three speed Monterey and the "130" refers to a painted some other name. There is something that might be a model number in the picture "6-130X66 BOYS 26". Squinting at the head badge in the picture just right might convince you that the head badge is a match. What we can see of the description indicates that there was a three speed made in 1966 but the men's model was metallic green - not chrome. Even cut off the bike's name looks like "MONA -" rather than "MONT -" Sadly, the page is cut off so that the model name is not visible. They also went to a 4 digit model number.įinding a 1966 Murray catalog to verify that such a bike was made took me to " 1966 Murray Specials Catalog" at In 69, they changed the layout yet again. After these 3 digits was a 2 or 3 digit model number followed by and X and a 1 or 2 digit number that I will discuss momentarily. Some 65 bikes had an MO5 which stood for Murray of Ohio 1965. In 65 they were changing there serial number style and by then they were on the left rear dropout. According to a thread called " Murray serial number project" on serial number "MO6" indicates 1966.
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