Joe Gardin was in Mississauga, I think he was first generation from Italy, his frames were initially all made in Italy IIRC, and then later there were also Japanese made frames available at the lower end of the line. I don't recall if they ever made frames at the Gardin shop or just did the builds. A 1983 Gardin like Ian Fraser's would have been made in Italy for sure. A buddy of mine painted frames for Gardin (in Mississauga) for a couple years mid 80's.
We had a big party here in Ottawa for Gord's retirement back on Dec 2nd. It was great fun with lots of folks who rode with Gord. Pics and all here:
http://www.echelonproject.ca/
David -- David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
http://wooljersey.com/
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
> Anthony Bier
> Sent: December 14, 2006 12:31 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Re: Garin Sighting
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> Jack Bissell wrote:
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> "The bike was an immaculate Gardin w/ 50th anniversary
> Campagnolo that Gord's father owned since new. It was made in
> Veneto, Italy and shares a lot of details w/ Battaglins of
> the period."
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> The only Gardin I have ever heard of is a Canadian builder
> from Missassaga, Ontario I think. They had to close shop, one
> aspect of the story was that he was selling rims with fake
> Mavic stickers on them and got his pants sued off. Is there
> another Gardin? Or did he originally come from Italy? Forgive
> my noob questions.
>
> Anthony Bier
>
> Vancouver, Canada