Paul Brown wrote:
"Hi Bob,
Ron made me two of these fancy lugged frames in 1983. Ron stopped in my shop in Novato while visiting Larry Mersereau (Competition Cycles, his distributor) and saw a fancy lugged Columbine I was putting together. He asked me if I'd like some fancy lugged frames, I said yes and about 3 months later Larry M. walked in with one unpainted frame and two painted ones. Serial numbers 002, 003, 007. I sent 002 to Brian Baylis who originally painted it a Celedon green, but the customer didn't quite like the color so I sent it back and had Brian redo it in candy apple red. That one got a black anodized and 24k enhanced plating on a 50th anniversary group. I think the yellow frame just sold on Ebay was from the same batch. Bike Odyssey in Sausalito might have gotten that one. They came in in early 1984."
The yellow fancy-lugged Cooper on EBay is virtually identical to the one CR's own Peter Naiman was selling a few years ago. Photos of it are still up on Wool Jersey, a blue frame, with the same lugs, which look to me like Len Phipps' fine work.
Emanuel Lowi Montreal, Quebec
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