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11-13-03, 07:26 AM
Hi,
I found a Montgomery Ward frame (garbage day find, amazing what people will throw out!), and was hoping to get some information regarding the frame, year, etc. It is a road frame, with Suntour shifters, a Shimano Eagle rear derailleur, cottered cranks, and threaded headset.
The frame looks as if it is from the 70s, olive green, with decals that are shiny metallic, with red and blue stripes (stating "Montgomery Ward"). It has horizontal dropouts, and what looks to be filet brazed tubes (rounded off down tube and top tube joints with head tube). The fork has chromed fork tips, and a chrome lugged crown.
Anybody know this bike, approximately what year and (more importantly for me), what kind of tubing it has (531?). I would like to make it into a nice cross bike, but i don't want to spend too much time on a mild steel frame.
I found a Montgomery Ward frame (garbage day find, amazing what people will throw out!), and was hoping to get some information regarding the frame, year, etc. It is a road frame, with Suntour shifters, a Shimano Eagle rear derailleur, cottered cranks, and threaded headset.
The frame looks as if it is from the 70s, olive green, with decals that are shiny metallic, with red and blue stripes (stating "Montgomery Ward"). It has horizontal dropouts, and what looks to be filet brazed tubes (rounded off down tube and top tube joints with head tube). The fork has chromed fork tips, and a chrome lugged crown.
Anybody know this bike, approximately what year and (more importantly for me), what kind of tubing it has (531?). I would like to make it into a nice cross bike, but i don't want to spend too much time on a mild steel frame.