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"Steve Sweedler" <sweedler@mail.plymouth.edu> wrote:
Anyone know anything about Tonard racks. There is one for sale on Ebay right now that has a saddle bag support Never seen one like this. Comments? Thanks
http://ebay.com/
they were made by keith hardwick(?) whose firm, tonard, did
much of the contract framebuilding for many builders in england
through the mid 70s. they were similar to billat and bmz in the
sense that other builders had their designs manufactured here.
my pal used to import these and some were actually marked tonard,
but most were alec birds, knights, dawes, and names that now escape me. the firm made chairs too.
e-RICHIE
chester, ct