Subject: Re: Police bikes
Author: EldoMike
Date: May 14, 2002, 5:29 AM
Post ID: 1710251834
I have one 850 block with a P and one with a V...go figure.....what say you
Greg?
Mike
www.classicguzzi.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Graf" <kgr-@midwestpension.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:23 AM
Subject: RE: Police bikes
| That's possible, the VP might of started with the Eldo. The waffle pattern is a Eldo. They needed the added reinforcement on the case. If the VP does not signify a police model it would be interesting to find out what it |
| then. They might not of found it necessary to mark the police models until the orders started coming in. I could see that happening more with the |
| of the Eldo. Kev -----Original Message----- From: Ross [mailto:ariel-@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:14 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Re: Police bikes I have owned two LAPD Ambassadors (black and whites), which did not have a prefix, perhaps only the Eldo? Right now I'm looking at a Cycle Guide Mag from '73 showing the Rose Parade Ad. It appears to be an Ambo as there is |
| additional reinforcement to the case, or did some of the first Eldo's have the same case?. The mufflers are torpedoes, the levers hard to tell, may |
| grooved, may be not. Interestingly, the tool box is white, while both |
| of mine have had black tool boxes. Regards, Ross on 5/13/02 15:46, Greg Field at seen-@mac.com wrote:
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-- K. Ross Raymond Arizona USA '71 LAPD Ambassador '69 Triumph T100S Norton hopeful 1998 Ariel (my daughter, after the Sq.4, not the mermaid) |