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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Proto (used to be Plomb, based in Los Angeles) & Truth (Mankato, Minnesota)
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| Both were brown with surface rust before sand blasting, wire brushing then putting a protective coating on... Took about 10 minutes... Then give it a couple of hours for the rubbed on coating to dry... |
MIELE Bike Lugs -- Almost everything to make a bike but the tubes...
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| The rear drop outs are stamped COLUMBUS (known for manufacturing high quality bicycle steel tubing...) Best guess in that these were made in the 80s. Miele was a Canadian based company making bikes in Canada. Miele is also the name of a German company that made bikes from the 20s to the 60s. Don't know if the two companies are connected... |
Friday, December 18, 2015
Torelli front wheel made by Ambrosio (Italy) with Shimano 600 hub...
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| The valve stem hole has this nice "plate" |
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| Shimano 600. From what little I know, it seems the 600 was near the top of the line for Shimano in the 70's... |
914 Steering Wheel - Old...
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| The leather cover is in pretty bad shape... & needs to be removed but the wheel itself (& the rim under the leather) appears to be in OK shape... |
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| Although the steering wheel looks almost identical to the 911 steering wheels of the late '60s & early '70s, the part number stamped in the center says 914... (different than for 901...) |
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