Re: [CR] vintage cars and vintage bikes

(Example: Production Builders)

From: <"brianbaylis@juno.com">
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:15:39 +0000
To: <dbcooper@coopertechnica.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] vintage cars and vintage bikes


David,

I agree with this. There are several people in our crowd out here in the West, that love vintage cars equally as much as vintage bikes. I myself love Bentleys from the 50's. Will soon be working on a body off restora tion of my 11,054 original miles 1953 Bentley R Type standard steel salo on. The work involved is not all that unlike the bicycle restoration I d o. I will be doing my first and only engine rebuild (with the help of my brother who has done such things for a living), reassembling the entire car, refinishing all the interior wood (which I LOVE to do), and repain t her. Then I will drive it to the various bike events full of classic b ikes in the trunk (or boot in British terms). You can Google the Bentley to see what they look like. The R Type is by far my favorite vehicle.

The thing I like most about bicycles is that they are far less involved than cars and are MUCH easier to restore.

Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
USA


---------- Original Message ----------
From: David Cooper
To: classicrendezvous RENDEZVOUS
Subject: [CR] vintage cars and vintage bikes
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:53:04 -0500


Vintage cars and vintage bikes go together very well. I have been in

many restoration shops besides mine that has a ceiling or corner full

of vintage bicycles. I think it is a connection on several levels,

including an appreciation of fine mechanical work coupled with speed

and handling of the best examples of each. Many car designers were

also interested in bicycles including Bugatti, Delage, the people at

Lotus, etc. David Cooper Chicago, IL

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