[Whoops, sent this just to Jerry instead of to the list]
Come to think of it, you're right, the silver w/black head tube was the Grand Jubilee. I was thinking Grand Record because this fork has Campy dropouts, and I thought the GJs of that era had Huret dropouts. Anyone remember? Were there GRs in silver or GJs w/Campy dropouts?
Mark Bulgier
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry & Liz Moos [mailto:moos@penn.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 8:31 PM
> To: Mark Bulgier
> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Humorous "caveat emptor" story
>
>
> Just one correction - I think. All the Motobecane Grand
> Records I have seen,
> including mine, have black forks with a red epaulet and gold
> lining. The
> silver/black/gold color scheme appeared on the Grand Jubilee,
> but I'm not sure
> whether the Grand Jubilee had 531 forks (may have been only
> main tubes). If the
> GJ didn't have Reynolds forks, you may have a fork from a
> LeChampion, which very
> definitely was 531. I have a LeChampion frame and fork with
> exactly that color
> scheme. Of course, I was surprised last year to find a
> LeChampion in the Grand
> Record black/red/gold scheme, so who knows, maybe there are
> Grand Records out
> there in the colors typically used on Grand Jubilee.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos