Re: [CR]Holdsworth age clues?/Mercian

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:50:12 -0600
From: "Jim Cole" <jcole@memphis.edu>
To: "Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Holdsworth age clues?/Mercian


<< Is there a date code in the serial number? >>

Dale sez:
>I am interested in this too. It seems that serial number de-coding is a
>recurring theme for all marques. Maybe it would be good to have a CR
>page for each marque that dealt with nothing but serial numbers.... Schwinn
>Paramount, Hetchins, Raleigh, and Masis are the only makes adequately dealt with
>I know of.

I was told by Mercian that the last two digits of their serial numbers is the year the frame was built. Don't know what the other numbers represent or how long the date code has been in use. So Chuck, does this seem to jive with your ultra-cool (!!!) 1950's Mercian?

Jim Cole
Memphis, TN