Norris wrote:
> Certainly the frame is a generic stereo-typical late 1940s product...
and...
> Get one with the paint and transfers in place and you are happy
> , but find one that's had an aerosol make-over and you have only the frame
> number to work with..then you are in trouble, unless the builder showed som
> e originality with his numbering system. So it is with Dan's frame unfortun
> ately.
Likely the shortcoming is the only way I got it, much like the camouflaged 1971 Masi GC that arrived about this time last year. Not to even hint that this that caliber. The connection is each bike's anonymity and superficial problems bringing price down, but evident "good bones" for lack of a better term. "I don't know what it is for sure, but there's something there that's worth the asking price. Well, I think so."
Knowing the origin, however, would definitely sweeten the experience.
Well, I think so!
> ... Hill Special ...
> ... P T Stallard ...
> ... Rotrax ...
Understanding that some have already been eliminated by Norris, can't
say I'm not enjoying the company he's placing the frame into. :)
I've found one reference in the archives to Rotrax' serial number
system, but it's not encouraging. See:
http://search.bikelist.org/
> The other
> thing that puzzled me was dan's reference to D-section fork blades. Are the
> y really D-Section?
Oval. The reference comes strictly from the Brown Brothers sheet, and that dates to 1953. Change in the Ekla line? Or catalog goof?
Dan Kehew, Davis, CA, USA