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Subject: RE: Loop serial numbers - long

Author: Gary Cheek

Date: Dec 23, 2001, 1:23 PM

Post ID: 1709222786

It seems I remember the local dealers offering to put the Ambassador
tank on the last of thier V-700s . This was during the overlap when the
Ambos first stated showing up and dealers still had the old V-700 on the
floor. I don't know if it was an official program from the distributor
or something the dealers did on thier own.
Greg Field wrote:
 I've seen the small-tank Ambassadors (12xxx serial number range) with
and without plates. I don't know exactly when the plates first
appeared and Berliner didn't remember. Seems likely from this
anecdotal evidence that it was sometime during the small-tank run.

Any other small-tankers out there with a plate and build date? What
dates?

Thanks!

GF

 Hi Ian and Scott,
My "rare bird" #A12212 (Dec.68) also has an i.d. plate. Maybe the
change occurred sometime between yours, Ian, and Scott's or mine?
What your s.n. Scott? Cheers,

Charlie

----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:slars-@msn.com>Scott Larson
To: <mailto:Loopfram-@topica.com>Loopfram-@topica.com
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Loop serial numbers - long

Ian,

My Rare Bird Ambo has a number plate. Maybe one of the first bikes
with a number plate then? better add 5000$ to mine. (Special half
price sale for 15,000$!!).

Scott


Basically the bike was a V700 with bigger engine and different paint
(now
available in black, red, white) and pinstriping. All the "A series"
Ambos I
recorded have a serial number 12xxx. Did I mention that this series is
the
most valuable of all the Loops :-) Charlie and I both agree that one of
these babies will cost you $25,000 :-) By the way...these bikes did not
have
the VIN plate either and were produced late 1968-1969 (approx).

When they went to the full blown Ambo in 1970 they had a VIN plate,
frame
and serial numbers matched and the serial numbers were from 13xxx -
26xxx.
This series ran 1970-1972 (approx)



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1972 Eldo Police Model
1974 Eldo Civvy Amal

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