Caliper help

[watchhislegs]

Hi, I'm a non-Vincent owner (I'm a biker though!) and have acquired a brake caliper that I need some help identifying.

It looks as though it has a Vincent marking on it but I can't find what machine it might be from?

I hope it might be some use to somebody.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks

Paul

 

[passenger0_0]

Vincent-HRD bikes never had disc brakes as standard however some owners have updated.
Looks like you've got the generic Japanese caliper from around 1973 on.
Sorry, no idea on the master cylinder but both seem set up for a rear brake.

 

[Cyborg]

Vincents were made in the UK and did not use any Argentinian bits. From a Zanella... who knows. Why someone would put an HRD decal on that is a bit of a mystery. Hope you weren’t planning to retire on the proceeds.

 

[vibrac]

Bit like finding a mobile phone with Henry the Eights royal seal stamped on it

 

[Albervin]

Paul, sadly it goes into the bin with other rubbish.

 

[BigEd]

Some Vincent machines in Argentina were subject to some "interesting" modifications mostly due to lack of spare parts. Some were OK, some were questionable.
It looks like someone went to quite a lot of trouble to make a Vincent/HRD styled cover plate for an old proprietary calliper. The master cylinder has Industria Argentina cast in. Massey Ferguson had a factory in Argentina so it is probably from a Massey Ferguson tractor.
Interesting, maybe, useable very unlikely, probably dangerous. Some people will collect anything but as Albervin suggested it looks like a good candidate for the bin.

 

[roy the mechanic]

Looks like the lower part of a mercurycrest decal. Ask yourself a question, if it was any good,why remove it?

 

[Chris Launders]

I don't think it's a plate, just the remains of a transfer.
There are some strange people who seem to remove anything non-standard Roy

 

[watchhislegs]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I remanufacture mainly Japanese calipers as a hobby and I picked it up for £5 with no idea what brand or model it might be off. It took me ages to find out what the decal said and I was surprised it might be Vincent related as they are all drum brakes I thought. I know very little about Vincent's other than the Richard Thompson song!

The thing is, it doesn't seem to be just some generic Japanese caliper; it's a monoblock caliper with what looks like a screw in insert to cover the hole used to machine the caliper recess.

There is also a marking of 'DOPPLER' stamped on the underneath of the caliper which sadly has thrown up nothing in my Google search.

It's got me stumped this one. I love a challenge though.

Cheers again for all your input