I believe I've seen a decal with that wording on a few Raleighs, allthough it might have been a incorrect replacement there. The story I heard was that Schwinn wanted such a decal becuse their lawyers were worried that the standard decal implied that the forks and stays, as well as the frame tubes, were butted, which wasn't strictly true.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Mark Bulgier <Mark@bulgier.net> wrote:
Chuck Schmidt writes:
> "P.C. Kohler" wrote:
> >
> > Did Reynolds ever make Italian language decals??
>
> I believe the French Reynolds decals were done in the 1970s
> when Peugeot was the largest user of Reynolds tubing in the
> world (odd that they used more than Raleigh, right?).
>
> I'd guess Italy used less Reynolds tubing than America did in
> the 1970s, in other words, not much.
But Reynolds did make American-English decals - the one with the 531 horizontal, (not diagonal) stars to the left and right of the 531, and the words "FORK BLADES, STAYS & BUTTED FRAME TUBES".
My Reynolds catalog cryptically explains this decal as "a special version of the top Reynolds 531 transfer, designed for a specific market". They don't say, but we're pretty sure, this specific market was none other than Schwinn.
Anyone ever seen this one on anything other than a Schwinn? It's number
3 on this web page:
http://bulgier.net/
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA, USA