Hi list, I was intrigued by Chris Protopapas's description of his Kessel's frame set {as related by Brad Stockwell}. I bought a frame set a few months ago off a Belgian EBay seller that was at the time suspected to be a Motobecane. I must say it sounds very similar to a Kessels as described by Chris. It features long Campy dropouts, long point lugs , semi wrap seat stay ends {concave caps} and two large circular windows in the bottom of the B.B. shell. It does have a definite Italian look to it, despite a French headset and what seems to be an English B,B, Mine may be a little newer as it has braze ons for B.B. cable guides, top tube brake cable guides and shifter bosses. Also no chrome on frame at all. Workmanship generally looks very good with very nicely thinned lug points. Serial # 167 is on the LH. rear D.O. , # 7 only is on the fork steer tube. Does this sound like a model of Motobecane anyone is familiar with , or should I be looking more closely at Kessels products for a positive I.D. I can Email some photos , but I am not currently signed up with any photo hosting sites.
Greg Lone Langley B.C. Canada
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