[CR]Universal Mod 61 calipers

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Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:06:47 -0500
From: "Phil Sieg" <triodelover@comcast.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Universal Mod 61 calipers

I have a question about dating Universal center-pulls. I've seen two versions. One is engraved "Universal Mod. 61" and the other just "Universal", of which I have a pair. I assume the latter is also a Mod 61 since that is apparently the only center-pull they made. Which came first?

Logic would dictate that the one labeled "Universal" was first, with the one bearing the model designation introduced when a new, different model came into the line (Mod 68?). But logic doesn't always hold. Anyone know.

TIA.

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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee