...best functioning french bits?
Isn't this an oxymoron? ;-)
(/Pace/, Francophiles)
Leaving aside the issue of functionality, aesthetically I really like
the pre-Delrin Simplex bits, particularly the period with the black and
gold badges, like these shift levers
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7210820960&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1>,
which have now soared beyond my post-Christmas budget (thought they
haven't escaped my lust), thanks to our Japanese brethren.
>
> other than the gorgeous maxicar hubs
Excelto hubs, also. Have a beautiful pair from the early '60s with lovely engraving.
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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee