Re: [CR] Viscounts

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:18:31 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Viscounts


Alan Lloyd wrote:
> The bike co-op I volunteer at (Working Bikes in Chicago, http://www.WorkingBikes.org) has a couple of really nice(silver & black) Viscount Aerospace PROs and a somewhat tattier (silver and blue) Viscount Aerospace G.P.
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> http://tinyurl.com/ydqttz9
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26361775@N02/sets/72157622639045141/
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> We can't really sell 'em for use, what with their "death fork" and all, but I wondered if anyone might be interested in buying one as a museum piece - a non-running collectable or curiosity?
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> It would be nice to get some money for them, all for a good cause of course, rather than have to part and/or junk them!

Especially in original condition (with all the copied bits, deathfork and sealed bearings) they are collectible. But the parts didn't work very well so they won't fetch a great amount of money. Still, they are historically significant and would fit in many a collection

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands