[CR]What Model Frejus?

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From: <Hughethornton@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 18:11:25 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]What Model Frejus?

I am seeking clues as to the identity of a Frejus frame which I would guess as being about 1950-51, give or take a year or two, based on the Simplex gear lever braze-ons and other similarities to my 1951 Frejus TdF. The frame is lighter and has the identification MS stamped under the bottom bracket, there is a separate stamping which I take to be the frame size in cm, just as my TdF is stamped TdF and 56.

I have seen the Supercorsa identified as "Model M", the Corsa as Model F.5 and the Strada (which I think is what became the Tour de France model) as F.4, which seems to indicate a possibility that this is a Supercorsa frame. Does anyone know for sure?

Many thanks
Hugh Thornton
Cheshire, England