Very cool!
How about this prescient fixed gear road bike from 1979:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/
Anyone ever see one?
Kurt Sperry Bellingham Washington USA
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:24 PM, DARIN NEDERHOFF <zeringer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Just a quick note to thank those of you who responded to my initial request
> for old Panasonic bike catalogs or photos. I managed to make a connection
> with the old National Sales Manager for Panasonic Bicycles here in the USA
> and he helped out by sending me his archive of 1979-1985 catalogs. There
> is a brief interview with the man as well... look under the retro media men
> u for "Meet Norman Panasonic".
>
> The web site now has a complete archive of catalogs from the following year
> s: 1977, 1979, 1980-1985, 1989, 1991, 1993.
>
> If anyone can help fill-in-the-blanks and provide scans or loan your catalo
> g for scanning it would be much appreciated. I'd really love to find the U
> .S. catalogs for 1986, 1987 and 1988 so we could complete the decade. It
> also bugs me that I happen to own an '86 and '88 model yet don't have the
> catalogs for them. OCD strikes again... Drop me a line if you can help.
>
> http://panasonicbikemuseum.info
>
> :-)
>
> Darin Nederhoff
> Mason City, Iowa, USA
> http://panasonicbikemuseum.info