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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 42825" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>Steve,</p><p></p><p>It would be interesting to know. There is at least one blue bike circulating that is claimed to be original despite black paint showing through in some areas. In reality, there is still no proof in the Factory records that any blue Vincents were produced. The evidence is pretty good for the Frauenpries bike because attendees like Gene Aucott remember seeing on the show stand and he also knew that it was purchased off the stand. Then there is a contemporaneous photo of the owner with the bike. The timing of the delivery and the show indicate as David Bowen states that they blue bikes were painted at the Factory and not in the U.S. With no Factory records and only a good circumstantial record of one bike existing, I would be pretty skeptical about another bike. We do have the engine number, so an examination would determine if it were the same bike. As Chris Weir points out it was reported that the bike was called "Carlton" Blue.</p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 42825, member: 1177"] Steve, It would be interesting to know. There is at least one blue bike circulating that is claimed to be original despite black paint showing through in some areas. In reality, there is still no proof in the Factory records that any blue Vincents were produced. The evidence is pretty good for the Frauenpries bike because attendees like Gene Aucott remember seeing on the show stand and he also knew that it was purchased off the stand. Then there is a contemporaneous photo of the owner with the bike. The timing of the delivery and the show indicate as David Bowen states that they blue bikes were painted at the Factory and not in the U.S. With no Factory records and only a good circumstantial record of one bike existing, I would be pretty skeptical about another bike. We do have the engine number, so an examination would determine if it were the same bike. As Chris Weir points out it was reported that the bike was called "Carlton" Blue. David [/QUOTE]
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