Hi all,
What a fascinating hobby we have - almost an infinite amount of hardware to contemplate - consider the range manuacturers around the world at different times, then add in the backyard fiddler who modifies this and that to suit needs or preference. Personally I like looking at old bits, photos or whatever, and it's particularly satisfying when we learn something from the exercise.
I wonder should we revisit some of the thoughts in this thread?
Our original poster Peet_K asks what he's got, posting a clear photo and telling us it has "New Hudson" on the seat. Peter C replies "It's a Triumph C-Series frame (Models CN, CO, CSD, CTT) from 1929-32." This sounds pretty defintive - Peter tells us the frame IS Triumph, no ifs or buts. He doesn't say "highly modified", "slightly unusual" or anything like that.
Our original poster, probably having been to Peter C's web page where the C model is described
http://users.actrix.co.nz/cornelius/Triumph/ModelCN.htm , notes that it doesn't look too much like any Triumph that he has seen, and posts some more pictures (interseting punch set used for the frame number!). ColinB seems unhappy that the triumph specialist could be doubted (and asks Peet_K what he thinks it is - he doesn't know, that's why he posted!), and m3bobby states uncategorically that "its definatly Triumph" but explains the major modifications where the frame has been cut and shut.
Peter C. finishes off with "it's now a Nothing frame, and worth the same amount", which seems quite a shift from the previous day when it was a Triumph C-Series from 1929-32.
I wonder where this leaves Peet_K? Has he learned anything? Have other forum mebers learned anything?
Unfortunately I don't know a lot about early 1930s bikes, but I do know that the frame is quite unlike the Triumph C-series frame as shown on Peter C's webpage, but perhaps Peter C or m3bobby can tell us more. As to being worth nothing, quite the contrary! Good bits here, if only we can identify them.
Leon
