When I lived in NC I had a beautiful mustard colored Norman Fay trimmed in red and light blue. Probably a 21-22 in. I'd love to find out what happened to it.
Ken Wallace, Proprietor Bisbee Bicycle Brothel 43 Brewery Ave. in the Silver King Hotel PO Box 1194 Bisbee, AZ 85603 USA (520) 236-4855 (cell) http://www.bisbeebicyclebrothel.com
On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Carb7008@cs.com wrote:
> Dear Fellow Listers,
>
> For the past few weeks I've been communicating with Harry Lavery.
> Harry
> was the principal frame-builder for Norman Fay Bicycles, South
> Shields, UK.
> According to Harry, a total of about one hundred bikes were built
> during the
> '70's. The proprietor, Norman Fay, recently died on his bike as a
> result of
> an auto accident. More info can be found by Google.
>
> Harry is trying to document all surviving Norman Fay bikes which are
> now
> scattered to the four winds. Besides my recent acquisition, I know
> of one
> other owned by a fellow CR lister. Can anyone reply to me, the CR
> list or
> Harry) if they recall sighting one?
>
> If a mystery frame, the two I've seen have unique (to me) features
> such as
> use of square-stock (with diamond reinforcements) for bridges and
> hard-to-describe unusual wrap-'round seatstays...please let me know
> if other bikes
> used these as well. Serial numbers are 4-digit stamped bottom of BB
> with first
> two numbers indicating year...no head-badges.
>
> Jack Romans
> Sacramento, Calif