Tonard Brazing was a London firm that specialized in private label frames supplied to the trade for use with their own decals, so no surprise that no one has heard of them........my impression was that they wanted it that way. Tonard may have applied their own decals to the odd leftover frame, perhaps to one that was returned, or for a customer that did not have decals.
Tonard is better known for their brazed steel rod racks which competed with the similar Karrimor racks.. I visited the darkish (grotty?) basement workshop in London to see racks being made and later imported and distributed Tonard racks in the 1970's.
As Norris pointed out, the owner's wife was an import agent for Italian products, most notably for Campagnolo in the UK.
Cheers,
Hugh Enox
La Honda, California, USA
> Steve: I did a search and saw the same items. Look like good racks and w
> ondered if the past had any bicycles built. If anyone can confirm or
> deny the existence of this bike, I would like to know,. I am about to st
> rip the paint and bead blast. Bruce
>
> Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204
> (509) 747 4314
> Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com
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> --- On Thu, 9/11/08, Steven Sweedler <sweedler@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Steven Sweedler <sweedler@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Anyone heard of a: Tonard?
> To: rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com
> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 4:04 AM
>
> Bruce, I had a rear rack without identfication. E-Richie posted that it
was
> made by Tonard of London. They appear on Ebay a couple of times a year.
> Steve Sweedler
> Plymouth, New Hampshire
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM, bruce thomson <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> >
> > Greetings: I just returned from the Seattle are and in addition to
visit
> > ing Elliot Bay cycles, I was give a bike called TONARD. It has a 531
fram
> e
> > and , Campy d/o, and fastback stays. The fellow giving it to me stated
t
> > he decals are replacements, but the decal has a big "T" with the
> word Londo
> > n on the decal. There is another foil decal on the ST that says
> "Vico".
> > He spun a story about a small shop in Italy making the frame. Anyway if
> > someone wants to field this one I suppose I can send them a photo or two
> be
> > fore I strip the paint from the frame. BT
> >
> >
> > Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204
> > (509) 747 4314
> > Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com
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