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

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From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: "Bob Hovey" <bobhoveyga@aol.com>, "Jim Allen" <MotorRef@peoplepc.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR]A few Masi mysteries...
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:50:37 -0800
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cc: jj and kk <designzero@earthlink.net>
cc: jj and kk

Hey guys: lots of Teds. How about typing in an Initial, ie. B, E, Or K after Ted so it's easier to sort it out. At least we ain't Freds. Ted E. (Ernst) Palos Verdes Estates CA USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Hovey
To: Jim Allen
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]A few Masi mysteries...



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