[CR]531 decal placement on Champion Team

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:33:43 -0400
From: "L Travers" <lat7575@swbell.net>
Organization: CV-6 Enterprises
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]531 decal placement on Champion Team

Greetings all:

Currently working in GA and was planning the work to be done on my recently acquired Moto CT. Then I realized something. The 531 decals are placed as they were in the early 70s, (seat tube/forks) but the decals are from what I think is the mid to late 70s. See the pic in the Champion Team folder at the link below if you need clarification on what decal I am talking about. Wouldn't this type decal be more likely to be on the downtube/forks? The derailleur is PAT72 and the owner says it is original and as you can see it has NR cranks. Shouldn't the decal be the decal without the gold area with Reynolds Tubing, assuming the bike is early 70s?

It is not a big issue for me, I am excited to have the bike. But can anyone offer an explanation?

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lat7575@swbell.net/my_photos

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Lynn Travers
Hazelwood, MO