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Old 09-20-2022, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter P. View Post
I never saw the red frames in the Suburban Cycle shop, and I thought the pewter frames came along in the 80's. The frame in the Flickr link; looks like it was repainted at some point, no? There are two different headtube decals. The older decals were surface mount-adhesive, and the headtube badge had Chester CT while the newer decal was bare.
Yes it was resprayed by Joe Bell. And yes the decals were buried under clear coat (which I much prefer). This all happened before I acquired the frameset.
The red frames may have predated the pewter but I remember them both from the shop, certainly by the late 70's.
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