I had never expected this to be an original colour. Is it Terry Prince?
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I had never expected this to be an original colour. Is it Terry Prince?
Yes please Chris. I'm sure John would be interested as well.
Terry's bike was black. He had it with him in Switzerland when he worked for Fritz Egli. No harm asking him.
I would be surprised if there were any factory built enclosed models that were painted red. A story does come to mind. I became friendly with Pip Harper, who made the enclosures in his shop many decades ago. Pip purchased an extra tub from Ted Davis so he could cut it apart and use it as a fixture for making the tub frames. He showed me the top of the tub that he had sawn off. It was very shop worn, but you could see that it was a Victor transfer. He did not realize what he had done until months after he had done it. He was in the process of building a copy of the Victor and he could have had the original tub!
David
I would be surprised if there were any factory built enclosed models that were painted red. A story does come to mind. I became friendly with Pip Harper, who made the enclosures in his shop many decades ago. Pip purchased an extra tub from Ted Davis so he could cut it apart and use it as a fixture for making the tub frames. He showed me the top of the tub that he had sawn off. It was very shop worn, but you could see that it was a Victor transfer. He did not realize what he had done until months after he had done it. He was in the process of building a copy of the Victor and he could have had the original tub!
David
Hugo,
I do not know about Phil Vincent's penchant for red. His car was white when I knew him. However, you are correct that there were two-tone Vincents. You could order the bike in red, or you could order it in red/black. In the U.S., where touring fenders were popular, the tank and fenders were red and the rest of the bike was black. If you examine this photo of the Sales Showroom at the Indian Sales Co. you will notice that there are two touring Rapides on the left and one is a red/black bike. This photo was most likely taken in 1952.
David
"Tomato" red tank with black cycle parts is kind of fetching!
I´ve noticed that a lot of the colours in old colour photos give the bikes real character. How to replicate these?
Gene Aucott had a story about having a "room-full" of Touring fenders that he took off per customer request and wished that he had them then to sell to restorers. Enough survived on bikes, though, so there was popularity.