Neil,
Thanks a bunch. It's most helpful. Do you happen to know if any of the catalogues are in electronic form, on-line or otherwise?
Best regards,
Phil Sieg Knoxville, Tennessee
neil foddering wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> The 1954/5 Hobdays Cycle Accessories Catalogue lists the following
> Bluemels mudguards in cellluloid (no mention of plastic):
>
> Lightweight
> Featherweight
> Noweight
> Club Special (Listed as "New", and not appearing in the 1952/3
> catalogue. I don't have the 1953/4 edition, so I can't say exactly
> when they first appeared).
>
> The Lightweight and Featherweight were avaialble in white, and the
> other two could also be had in black with a white patch.
>
> In alloy, the models available are:
>
> Tour de France
> Continental
> The 1952 Brown Brothers Catalogue also lists the Airweight model
>
> The 1959 Beaumont catalogue lists the following, again mentioning only
> celluloid and not plastic:
>
> Lightweight
> Noweight
> Club Special
>
> Coloured guards were available by now:
>
> Lightweight: Black, White, "Colours" (not specified) or transparent
> (presumably so you could see what was sticking to the underside of the
> guards?...) Transparent guards were also available at times in the
> 1930's, though why anyone would want them in a wet and muddy climate
> beats me.
>
> Noweight: Black, White, Red, Light Green or Oxford Blue.
>
> Club Special: Black, White, Red, Light Green, Blue Pearl, Green Pearl,
> Gold, Ice Blue, Yellow, Silver Grey, Pink, Oxford Blue. These were
> also available to the trade in a mixed Specila Pack of 12 pairs (count
> them - 13!!) of Red, Ice Blue, Oxford Blue, Green, Yellow, Silver
> Grey, Orange, Magenta (Pink by another name?), Gold Pearl, Blue Pearl,
> Green Pearl, Yellow Pearl and Grey Pearl.
>
> In alloy, the models available are:
>
> Tour de France
> Airweight
> Continental
>
> A late 50's Brown Brothers catalogue, (exact date not established)
> lists the above models in celluloid (although plastic is specified for
> other makes), and also lists the following celluloid guards:
>
> Gold Medal in Black, White, Red or Ice Blue. These are described as
> "Plain deep 'U' section". This model does not appear in a Bluemels
> whole page advertisement for mudguards in "Cycling" of November 14, 1957.
>
> In alloy, the models available in this Brown Brothers catalogue are:
>
> Tour de France
> Airweight
> Continental
>
> The 1964/5 (according to a handwritten annotation on the front cover,
> and internal reference to the Resale Prices Act 1964) Brown Brothers
> catalogue lists the following in PLASTIC:
>
> Club Special
> Popular
> Lightweight
>
> The Club Specials are listed in Black, White, Ice Blue or Red, and the
> other two models were available in these colours, plus Oxford Blue.
>
> In alloy, the models available are:
>
> Tour de France
> Airweight
>
> I'm afraid that this is as far as I can take it - perhaps someone else
> can fill in the later years?
>
> Points to bear in mind are that:
>
> 1. a particular wholesaler might not have carried the full range
> available;
> 2. human error may have crept into the listings;
> 3. descriptions may not have been updated. For example, were
> Bluemels still using celluloid for their muguards in the late 50's, or
> were some or all actually plastic, but still referred to by the term
> (celluloid) which had been in use for decades? I don't have an answer
> for this.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Neil Foddering
> Weymouth, England
>
>
>> From: Phil Sieg <triodelover@comcast.net>
>> To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Subject: [CR]Bluemels timeline question
>> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:05:46 -0400
>>
>> I wonder if anyone can point me to resource that will give me the
>> Bluemels models that were available in the 1955-1975 time frame and
>> when those models first appeared withing that time frame.
>> Specifically, I'm interested in the All Rounder, Sprint Veloco and
>> TdF alloy (full version). TIA.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Phil Sieg
>> Knoxville, Tennessee