[CR]Claud Butler ID

(Example: Framebuilders:Masi)

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:12:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20041130200334.3298.qmail@web53510.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]Claud Butler ID

Thanks for all the help on the Claud Butler frame, which, per several responses, I now know was built in March 1950. The lug pattern exactly matches that for the Allrounder in a 1953 CB catalog and also the photos of a 1956 Allrounder, both these generously supplied by list members. Peter Naiman, who I bought it from, also now advises it is an Allrounder. I've not seen a 1950 catalog or photos of both 1950 Allrounder and 1950 Avant Coureur for a conclusive comparison, but unless CB used on the 1950 Avant Coureur a pattern that was used on the Allrounder in 1953 and later, which seems unlikely, then this must indeed be a March 1950 Allrounder. The collective knowledge of this list never ceases to amaze.

Regrads,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX