Re: [CR]Fuso/Dave Moulton on/off topic ?

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:39:53 -0400
From: "Jamie Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Fuso/Dave Moulton on/off topic ?
In-reply-to: <40CF5004.7673F787@earthlink.net>
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


on 6/15/04 3:37 PM, Chuck Schmidt at chuckschmidt@earthlink.net wrote:
> Angel M Garcia wrote:
>>
>> Dave Moulton is on the Keeper of the Flame CR webpage.
>>
>> I recently corresponded with Dave and in brief this is the basic story: He
>> worked at Masi end of 1980 until 1982. In the summer of 1982, while still at
>> the Masi facility, he started building frames using Dave Moulton on the
>> frames. In July, 1983, he opened his own frame shop in San Marcos (CA). All
>> the Dave Moulton (labeled as such) framers were custom builds. In 1984 he
>> started to build using the Fuso brand; this was "an attempt to bring down
>> the cost without sacrificing quality, was built five of one size at a
>> time.....The Fuso frames were numbered in sequence starting at Number 1.....
>> When I left the business in 1993 Fuso numbers were up in the 3000s."
>>
>> You might be able to guestimate when your bike was built. If you look in the
>> archives you will find more complete information I emailed the CR list based
>> on Dave's comments.
>>
>> Angel Garcia
>> Long Valley, NJ
>
>
>
> "In the summer of 1982, while still at the Masi facility, he started
> building frames using Dave Moulton on the frames."
>
> Don't forget that Dave Moulton built under his own name in England
> before he moved to the Colonies.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> .
> _______________________________________________

He also built under the Paris Sport name when he first came to America.

Jamie Swan - Northport, New York