At 1:01 PM -0400 4/24/06, Hughethornton@aol.com wrote:
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>That is a really nice Lincoln Imp frame but isn't the 531 TI tubing sticker
>later than 1955? Does anybody know when they were introduced?
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>Hugh Thornton
>Cheshire, England
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Quoth Peter Kohler
>Now this is lovely....
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>http://tinyurl.com/mytp5
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Hugh Thornton wrote:
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>That is a really nice Lincoln Imp frame but isn't the 531 TI tubing sticker
later than 1955? Does anybody know when they were introduced?
Oooh, that looks the spitting image of my old Lincoln Imp. I bought it used, probably in 1960, maybe '61. It was stolen in '63, most likely rusting away at the bottom of Marblehead Harbor...
Mine was a 4 speed, Benelux Mark VII, Dunlop Special Lightweight rims, Williams single cottered crank, GB Bars, stem and brakes. Had pistachio-coloured mudguards, cables and pump that matched the head tube colour. A gorgeoub bike indeed. It had some sort of flip-flop hub, and was my very first fixed gear for a while. Mine was also a 24 speed for a while, with a Sturmey-Archer 3-speed hub, 4 sprockets and two chainwheels.
I agree that the Ti/Reynolds decal is incorrect. My bike was 3 tubes Reynolds straight gauge, and I believe my frame was identical to the one shown, even the same colour scheme and size. I believe this was some years before Tube Investments bought Reynolds.
Sheldon "http://sheldonbrown.com/elswick" Brown
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