[CR] Help with frame ID of (possible) Eddy Merckx 70s vintage

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

From: "Dean Kernan" <dkernan@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:12:00 -0400
In-Reply-To: <mailman.2667.1256810675.72377.classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Help with frame ID of (possible) Eddy Merckx 70s vintage


I'm inclined to think that the frame on German eBay (which does look like the same one Matthew Brown provided the link to that sold as a complete bike) is neither a Kessels Merckx nor a Falcon Merckx.

I am surprised that your other Kessels would have an Italian BB, but I know very little about Kessels--except for having looked at some of the "Merckx" line while puzzling over Falcons.

I can say have never seen lugs with those round cut-outs nor those long bb cutouts on a Falcon frame--and in general the high-end "Falcon" and "Merckx" were virtually identical except for paint, decals and occasionally minor component variation.

Dean Kernan
Pomona, New York USA