Re: [CR]A few Masi mysteries...

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:33:50 -0800
From: "Jim Allen" <MotorRef@peoplepc.com>
To: jjandkk <designzero@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]A few Masi mysteries...
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jjandkk wrote:
> Ken Freeman wrote:
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> I would be careful of this list. I think there were two lists, because my
> S/N is on there as an M58, while my bike is an M53.
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> Not a surprise, as noted in Bob's paragraphs there is a good probability of some duplicate serial numbers and other errors, as the lists are not complete and for a time frames were built in two locations in San Dieago County.
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> Remember they were not paid to make notes, they were paid to make frames.
>
> John Jorgensen
> Torrance Ca USA
> _______________________________________________
>
> While the frames were built concurrently in San Marcos and Rancho Santa Fe, the production was all coordinated out of San Marcos, and Ted either engraved, stamped, or assigned the numbers on all the frames produced in either location.

All the frames were painted in San Marcos.

Jim Allen
the CycleSmiths
Ranchita, CA
760 782 2737