Monark Silver King Inc. – Page 6 – Dave's Vintage Bicycles

February 7, 2001

1937 Silver King Wingbar

Made by Monark, this all aluminum bicycle was nicknamed the “Wingbar” because of its wing shape cast into the frames top tube.

Pre-War Balloon Tire Bicycles

February 7, 2001

1939 Monark Superframe 5-Bar

Monark Silver King Inc. made this unusual bicycle with a frame with dual top tubes and dual down tubes plus the bar under the tank, making up 5 bars, thus the nickname “5-bar”. Art...

Bicycle Literature / Pre-War Balloon Tire Bicycles

January 28, 2001

1939 Spring / Summer Montgomery Ward Catalog

The rare 1939 Hawthorne Zep is shown in this scan of the bicycle pages from the 1939 Spring and Summer Montgomery Ward catalog.

Bicycle Literature / Pre-War Balloon Tire Bicycles

January 28, 2001

1939 Spring / Summer Spiegel Catalog

These pages were scanned from the 1939 Spring and Summer Spiegel catalog. They show bicycles made by Monark Silver King Inc. and the Shelby Cycle Company. Spiegel’s bikes were brand named Airman. The first...