Vintage Lady's Elgin
The "Miss America" of the Bicycle World!


Top of the line from Sears Roebuck
With the Styling of the most elegant Motor Car


"Queen of Bicycles"
Sold from 1939 to 1941


Found complete in Indiana in 2006
Brushed on Barn Red Paint




"Twin Torpedo" Delta Headlights
"Floods the Road with Light"


Housing has Embossed (Raised) Lettering


Sears Patent #s 49031 49032


Very Rare cushion stem


Horn Tank with Battery for horn and headlights


Special 6 volt Battery just for Vintage Bicycles


Special made Battery Case that holds (4) type C Dry Cells


Tail Light/Stop Light unit with Factory "Blue Dot" Lens


Stop Light Switch detail


Stop/Tail Light, Fahnestock clip, Rack





Modified Lens (Machine out internal Threads, Cut Slots, Insert Blue Dot)
Started with Screw on Lens from
Mike Burden, Lima Ohio (  cindi_vette   on EBay)








Torrington Jeweled "Signal Pedals"
patent #48870


Stewart Warner "Alemite" Grease Gun supplied with bicycle
see Zerk on Coaster Brake

Elgin Finned, Air Cooled Front Hub also has Zerk fitting


Every where you look there is Pinstripes! 94 linear feet of them!


Manufactured for Sears Roebuck by
Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co. (502)



Troxel Elgin Saddle covered by Bob Ujszaszi





Sears Allstate White Walls from the Past, still like new!




Add all these Beautiful Components together
 

And it turns into an Elegant Bicycle fit for a young Princess!
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Finished on 7/8/2017,  Eleven Years after the start of this journey!


Called White and Ivory but closer to Ivory and Tan (Sand)