Re: [CR]Coloral Aluminum Bottles?

(Example: History:Norris Lockley)

Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:39:11 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Coloral Aluminum Bottles?
References: <3AFAD305.28A1@earthlink.net> <v042101e0b720a16b0d26@[10.0.1.12]>


Sheldon Brown wrote:
>
> I remember lusting after a set of these as a teenager in the late
> '50s, but they were way beyond my means...
>
> Back then the standard setup was a pair of bottles mounted in front
> of the bars, and one of the caps would have a straw so you could
> drink without removing the bottle from the cage.
>
> Sheldon "Born In 44" Brown
> Newtonville, Massachusetts

Have a set on my '54 Hetchins Vade Mecum: pair of dark blue anodized aluminum bottles with raspberry red anodized cages that go with the raspberry paint with dark blue seat band and the dark blue handlebar tape! Plain cap in one and a cap with holes and a straw in the other.

Chuck "May '44 War Baby myself" Schmidt South Pasadena, California