Re: [CR]Ebay Singer frame/fork: what vintage?

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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:19:29 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Singer frame/fork: what vintage?
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <66880.55597.qm@web30604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Note to self:
This one looks real.
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia, USA


--- Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:


> I don't know if this is the case with this frame (and I
> almost
> don't care at this point) but please bear in mind that Singer
> -
> and perhaps Herse - had a penchant for "rebranding" frames
> that
> were brought into the shop for repairs, modifications, and
> refinisnishing.
>
> Presumably, they wouldn't place their own insignias on frames
> that weren't up to their own standards, but who knows where
> the
> lines were drawn? I love France, but sometimes I just have
> to
> sigh, shrug in that particularly French manner, and say "Ah,
> the French..."
> Amitiés,
> Fred-Rafaël Rednor - Arlington, Virginia, USA
>
> --- Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > So what's the consensus on this? Is it a "real" Singer? I
> > seem to recall a couple of weeks ago there was a thread
> about
> > subcontracted Singers, or was that Herse's?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Big Spring, TX
> >
> >
> > Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The bike, apparently located in a place called 'World
> > wide shipping, United States' is 54cm seat tubed
> > version with green paint and campy frame ends--one
> > numbered 1364. The seller hazards no guess as to age.
> > Perhaps a peak at the pics of transfers might help
> > someone date it.
> > 140074659144
> >
> > Don Wilson
> > Los Olivos, CA USA
> >
> >
> > D.C. Wilson dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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