CCM in Australia

Submitted by metalm on Sun, 02/23/2014 - 05:24

Hi All, long time reader and first time poster,

I acquired a few years ago a CCM Massey, i have been searching for the model and its year.
I was told it is a early pre-war bike, the cranks and chainwheel have CCM, it came with pedals and seatpost, Im not sure about the wheels and the Kelly bars are something i had lying around and threw them on.
The frame is black however there are remains of a maroon colour under the paint.
At soempoint of its life its had the cotterpin welded on however i have riden it for a short distance and its stance is a reminder of the bikes from yesteryear.
Anyone be able to help identify its model or approx. year or any images of how it originally would have looked like?

Thanks to all

11 Comments

Submitted by cruisersbylou on Sun, 02/23/2014 - 11:56.

Sweet ride. Tells a real story. Only original once and well used if a guy only new half the stories of the bike.

Submitted by John on Sun, 02/23/2014 - 12:04.

hey welcome from the land down under. Is the headbadge marked Weston or Toronto?

John

Submitted by metalm on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 05:32.

Hi, thanks all

The head ribbon is marked Weston

 

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Submitted by moonm on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 12:49.

Hello metalm,

Nice bike, on the seatpost lug left side there should be a serial number stamped.

There are a number of sites listing CCM serial numbers, some examples are shown below:

1921=A12345 1922=B12345 1923=C12345 1924=D12345
1925=E12345 1926=H12345 1927=K12345 1928=L12345
1929=N12345 1930=P12345 1931=S12345 1932=T12345
1933=U12345 1934=W12345 1935=X12345 1936=Z12345
1937=1A2345 1938=1B2345 1939=1C2345 1940=1D2345
1941=1E2345 1942=1H2345 1943=1K2345 1944=1L2345
1945=1N2345 1946=1P2345 1947=1S2345 1948=1T2345
1949=12345A 1950=12345B 1951=12345C 1952=12345D
1953=12345E 1954=12345H 1955=12345K 1956=12345L
 

If you are interested in selling the bars and stem please let me know.

Regards

Tony

moonm.music@frontier.com

 

Submitted by John on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 14:58.

Being stamped Weston makes it 1917+.

Submitted by gtflyte on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 16:33.

My Guess is 1925 ??
Nice bicycle

Submitted by Dave Brown on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 18:41.

 I hope this comes through .Pretty sure this is in Australia.

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Submitted by Dave Brown on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 18:44.

This for sure

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Submitted by Dave Brown on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 18:56.

The only thing i can't figure out in the CCM Massey Harris Pictures is if you look one bike has 3 turns in the head badge other 2 have just 2 turns. i have never seen A massey bike with just 2 turns to the badge. And these bike are very early as they have old style massey crank in them. Also notice CCM style ajustable handle bar stem on all bikes in picture with 3 bikes.Some later CCM massey bikes say  20,s and 30.s had  2 turn badge but these bike are a lot earlier than that. 

Submitted by moonm on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 21:13.

Dave,

Thanks for posting the great pictures.

I am still looking for some toe clips for my 1926 Flyer.

Regards

Tony

Submitted by metalm on Tue, 02/25/2014 - 06:44.

Hi All

Thanks for your comments and images, i love em,

I looked for a serial and it looks like it is C10712 which going by the chart looks to be 1923,

Excellent so excited to see a date on this.

Thanks all