Re: [CR]Anyone interested in a vintage Viscount?

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:07:44 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: RB <2wheelseal@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Anyone interested in a vintage Viscount?
References: <FCEEIBDDLGNPKBMMPNLEGEHHCBAA.2wheelseal@earthlink.net>
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cc: CR <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

RB wrote:
> can anyone tell me how to identify the whether it has the 'death
> fork'?

The "death fork" used a one piece, cast aluminum fork/crown (sort of like a modern "unicrown, but all one piece) with a steel steer tube pinned into it. If the fork is aluminum (non-magnetic), be cautious. Here's a picture:

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British/Lambert/Lambert_fork.html

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA