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

(Example: Framebuilders:Jack Taylor)

From: "Bob Hovey" <bobhoveyga@aol.com>
To: "Jim Allen" <MotorRef@peoplepc.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR]A few Masi mysteries...
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:45:58 -0500
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cc: jj and kk <designzero@earthlink.net>
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That'd be great. I've got a copy of Rob's hand-written build list, which is where the info on my site came from (below), but he never mentioned how the numbers were assigned. I always figured that Ted or someone had to be coordinating things since building was going on at two different locations. As to who physically stamped the frames, I don't think there's any chance at all that they were done by the same hand, given the wildly different ways the numbers from the two locales were stamped (both in placement and orientation, see second link).

http://bhovey.com/Masi/Roberson.htm http://bhovey.com/Masi/RanchoSanMarcos.jpg

But the question I'm most curious about if you talk to either Ted or Rob is how did five batches of duplicate serial numbers slip by (50 frames total)... Rob had two assistants (Humberto and Gregorio) so it was always my assumption that it was a communication error from Ted to Rob to Newly Hired Assistants. A mixup like this seems a lot less likely if Ted was doing all the assigning of numbers and stamping of frames himself.

Bob Hovey Columbus, GA


>I still think that the numbers were assigned/stamped by Ted, but I'm more
>than willing to check with Ted and Rob and see what they recall.


>Jim