Re: [CR]Panasonic Bicycles Catalogs Online

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:36:14 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Panasonic Bicycles Catalogs Online
Cc: "Classic rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <BAY106-W28314327AA3B992C236AE8D5720@phx.gbl>
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Very cool!

How about this prescient fixed gear road bike from 1979:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/scarsgo/SKBuTBcwn1I/AAAAAAAAIjI/4s62TpOq2Yw/1979TrackBike.jpg

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