Re: [CR]NOW: Masi "M"s WAS: Hetchins head Badge

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To: rocklube@adnc.com
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 22:13:20 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]NOW: Masi "M"s WAS: Hetchins head Badge
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

doublebee, kay robertson?!?? e-RICHIE never left chesta'

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:14:33 -0800 Brian Baylis <rocklube@adnc.com> writes:
> Chuck,
>
> OK, since it is Valentines' Day Eve, I'll recount the story. I have
> been
> recalling the details of this tale in my mind and I think many will
> find
> a very special charm herein. The opening in particular may be
> interesting.
>
> The opening. It starts sometime in 1974 I believe, when a young
> woman
> places a call to the workshop of Wizard Cycles in Huntington Beach,
> CA.
> She is inquireing about having a frame built for a special friend
> of
> hers. She has recently relocated from the East Coast where she had
> made
> the aquaintance of framebuilders Richard Sachs and Peter Weigle in
> her
> travels as a bike racer there. The friend she was comissioning the
> frame
> for was rider David Ware; I'm sure many will recogize the name.
> Anyway,
> the right side builders had suggested she contact us, if I'm not
> mistaken.
>
> The frame was number 07 in the Wizard serial system if I remember
> correctly; it was a VERY early frame. I remember it was a dark
> green
> color but dont remember it beyond that. During the construction of
> the
> frame the young lady and I spent some time together riding and
> whatnot.
> I guess Valentines Day was approaching and I decided for some reason
> to
> take a large amount of the "M"s that were punched out of the BB
> shells
> of the Carlsbad Masis. The die resided and punching was done in a
> machine shop next door to Masi. We would go over there periodically
> and
> grab handfulls of these Ms. I still have a few. But I used most of
> what
> I had to make a large heart shape by brazing a whole bunch of these
> things together. I think I may have cut something else out of sheet
> metal to put inside it, but I don't remember for sure. This was
> probably
> Feb. 14, 1975 after all. I painted it white and maybe some other
> color
> or something. It would be rather interesting to see the thing if it
> still exists. AH, to be young again! To be so carefree as to
> sacrifice a
> lot of Masi keychains that you could sell on eBay for who knows how
> much. All for the sake of romance.
>
> There you go. This lady introduced me to Richard and Peter back in
> 1974
> and may still have possession of said article. On the other hand,
> it
> could be in the scrapyard where it belongs. Future collectable, that
> is
> debatable.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Hopeless....yes. Romantic....Is a little troll with three arms
> romantic??
> >
> > Brian Baylis wrote:
> > >
> > (cut)
> > > I hope no one thinks I have a barrell full of Hetchins' badges
> just
> > > floating around. If I did I would be doing something useful with
> them;
> > > like making refriderator magnets, bolo tie clasps, or "Texas
> style" belt
> > > buckles and hat orniments to sell on eBay. In LA, I could sell
> those bad
> > > boys as earrings or retrofit them to adourn the radiator grill
> of your
> > > Bentley! So many uses, so little time!
> >
> > Reminds me of your story of the handful of little steel Masi "M"
> bottom
> > bracket punch-outs that you had Brian. How did that story go
> again?
> > Talk about 'future collectables'!!!
> >
> > Chuck Schmidt
> > SP, CA

> >

> > .