[CR]Help dating Weinmann 999 brakes

Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:11:54 -0500
To: "Joel flood" <joel.p.flood@gmail.com>
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
In-Reply-To: <2f8a962f0606301337y328403c4ib56ac3a421e11366@mail.gmail.com>
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Subject: [CR]Help dating Weinmann 999 brakes

At 6/30/2006 04:37 PM -0400, Joel flood wrote:
>Weinmann 999 brakes were also introduced around 1958. Those are not
>the first version either, the first version engraving is different.

Joel, Might these be the 1st version? http://bikesmithdesign.com/rra/brake.jpg

They're on my 1958 RRA Moderne. I know they aren't the "correct" brakes. But I like centerpuls, don't feel like paying to get the correct GBs, and it would be nice to know they are at least "period correct"[

Mark Stonich;
Minneapolis Minnesota
http://mnhpva.org
http://bikesmithdesign.com