Re: [CR] Jack Taylor tandem f/f multicoulor??

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:29:24 -0400
From: "Tom Reingold" <noglider@pobox.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Jack Taylor tandem f/f multicoulor??


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM, bruce thomson <masi3v4me@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Lister: Has anyone ever seen a multicolor, spray job as the following U.K.
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> bay listing suggests?
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> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jack-Taylor-Tandem-Frame-Fork-True-Rare-Classic-Bike-/260617733545?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3cae0705a9
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> I thought this is just a sun-faded on one side and then a spray of primer
> color over the blemishes. What do you think? I have been seeing a lot of
> misleading claims from U.K. sellers latley and am less inclined to purchase
> from them as it is just too expensive to be dissappointed and troublesome to
> boot.
> I bought a J.T. that was touted as having bubbled paint. I should have
> suspected when the seller offered to sell a chainstay with the auction. I
> did not know some one would bother having a quality re-spray over a pitted
> frame. BT
>
> Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204
> (509) 747 4314
> Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com
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I agree that this looks like sun fading, as if the frame was stored upside down.

Tom