About 1981 I had a very similar Puch. 531/Shimano 600/pale green. Purchased in NYC, NY. East 23rd St. Lightweight - but not terribly well made.
Julian Shapiro
Sag Harbor, NY
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Kichline" <chuck_kichline@yahoo.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:14 PM
> Subject: [CR]Puch/A-D
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>> We all know that Puch built Austro-Daimlers, but the last two A-D
>> bikes I've found have Puch head badges!
>>
>> My latest find has a Puch head badge, Austro-Daimler on the down
>> tube, Puch engraved on the seatstays, and A-D engraved on the fork
>> crown. It had a 600 group.
>>
>> Both these bikes show no sign of being pieced together (or at least
>> not after manufacturing), so I was wondering if it was a sign of the
>> last days of A-D?
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> Strange mixture of brands. But from what i know Austro Daimler was a brand
> name which was marketed mainly in the US. We have loads of old puch
> lightweights here in Croatia and no AD's at all. Maybe this was a quick
> coversion of some stock for us market.
> Here's an example of puch with shimano 600 that i have.
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> http://www.inet.hr/
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> Grga Franges
> Zagreb, Croatia
> Europe