Re: [CR] I.D. or frame # stamped on headtube

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From: <GPVB1@cs.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:33:43 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR] I.D. or frame # stamped on headtube
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org



> From: RaleighPro531@aol.com
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:41:03 EDT
> Subject: Re: [CR] I.D. or frame # stamped on headtube
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> In a message dated 8/27/2002 11:52:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> GPVB1@cs.com
> writes:
>
>
> > Mebbe I just don't get it, but why on earth would anyone want the serial
> > number of a frame obliterated, unless they were trying to cover-up
> > illegitimate ownership?
> >
> > Would you re-stamp the same number somewhere else? Would it then look
> like
> > a
> > forgery of a Pog?
> >
>
> I don't think I'd remove the serial number, but I'd probably fill it in.
> I'm not sure why we must assume evil intent.
> There are lots of frames with details changed, probably mostly in the way
> of
> braze-ons added for the water bottles or shifters. Is that wrong?
> For some it is. Others see it as an enhancement.
> If you have a mint Confente I doubt anyone would tell you to grind anything
> off.
> But, what if I turn up one at a flea market? chipped, dinged, rust on the
> braze-ons; then what? I would probably grind them off and go clamp-on and
> never look back.
> I think some previous remarks don't take in account for the condition some
> of
> these old bikes are found in.
>
> Pete Geurds
> Douglassville, PA
>
>

Pete:

What's the difference between "removing" the S/N, and "filling it in?"

That white (Rossin-built?) Pog in question doesn't exactly look like a garage-sale beater to me.....!

Are you now talking in general, or still about this specific frame?

I still don't see your logic here.

Regards,

Greg Parker
A2 MI USA