Re: [CR] Universal sidepull question

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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:23:14 +0000
From: "Hugh Thornton" <hughwthornton@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Otis <otis@otisrecords.com>
In-Reply-To: <19C9BA4CB4A6465180FE166C6511E93A@JonPC>
Subject: Re: [CR] Universal sidepull question


Blue would have been totally out of place and tasteless on a green Legnano with red detailing.  It would appear that someone had the good sense to use red on the brakes instead of the standard blue.  Legnano would have been a sufficiently good customer that they could specify the color they wanted Hugh ThorntonCheshire, England--- On Sun, 25/1/09, Otis <otis@otisrecords.com> wrote:From: Otis <otis@otisrecords.com>Subject: [CR] Universal sidepull questionTo: classicrendezvous@bikelist.orgDate: Sunday, 25 January, 2009, 12:08 AMAll of the Universal calipers I've worked on have always had blue paintfills on the caliper arm lettering, and blue lettering on the outer thrustwasher on the pivot bolt.I started cleaning up the calipers from my 1960 Legnano today and the letteringis filled with red paint. Also both calipers had a red anodized thrust washer.The washer had no lettering left, the red only showed on the backside. When Ifirst pulled them apart I figured somebody swapped in some Weinmann's atsome point. But then I saw the red fills on the caliper, so.....Anyway, I'd like to know if this is original for the period? It does notseem like the type of bike that somebody would have "detailed" withdifferent color paint on something like that. And I pretty sure the brakes areoriginal to the bike.I had my bottle of Testor's blue out all ready for the rebuild, but if theywere red I'll leave as-is. Any comments would be appreciated.Thanks much, Jon Williams (aka Otis)Grants Pass OR USAHere's a couple of pics of the build so far:http://www.otis.g2solutions.biz/ebayimages/temproma-%20001.JPGhttp://www.otis.g2solutions.biz/ebayimages/temproma-%20002.JPGhttp://www.otis.g2solutions.biz/ebayimages/temproma-%20003.JPGhttp://www.otis.g2solutions.biz/ebayimages/temproma-%20004.JPG