Re: [CR]UPDATE: Mystery Model Sekai S/N & photos

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From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:33:02 -0800 (PST)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]UPDATE: Mystery Model Sekai S/N & photos

It looks like my 4000. That's the only model with chromed lugs, ever. Andrew Muri at yellow jersey can confirm. Here's a web page including the 4000 :

1977 sekai flyer catalogue, unfortunately missing a "chunk" : http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/sekai/77_06_custom.jpg

You can check the dropouts to confirm that they are the correct types. The fork is actually a tange professional - not made by SEKAI. Your decals are post-1977, the 1977 decals would say "SEKAI" and then "4000 Professional" in smaller script, stacked, right next to "SEKAI". the tange champion decals were, roughly :

green - pre 1977 http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/sekai/Sekai_4000_champion_decal2.JPG yellow with blue oval - 1977 type, maybe 78-79. http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~gillies/sekai/Sekai_4000_red_full.jpg black with red oval, gold bands < yours >

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA