Paul: I'll got a late 1940 Hobbs Barbicon and possibly pictures of Hoobs of the period from ad copy. If I can find the ad copy I'll look to see similarities in lug work, and also compare to mine, but I'm not sure if the lug design changed from late 40 to mid 50s.
Peter Naiman
Boston, Mass
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> From: brucerobbins@supanet.com
> Date: 2003/02/27 Thu AM 06:00:08 EST
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]"Hobbs" on Ebay warning
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> There's a guy called Paul Cameron offering what he claims to be a Hobbs of
> Barbican bike on Ebay (number 2161914287). The frame number he has listed
> doesn't fit in with any of the configurations known to VCC marque enthusiast
> Mervyn Cook. It is therefore extremely unlikely that this bike is a Hobbs.
> I've emailed Paul to let him know. It will be interesting to hear his
> response.
>
> Bruce
> Dundee
> Scotland
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