Originally Posted by
Mr. 66
I did manage to find an Austro Daimler that looks kind of cute, all 531. The frame and the wheels were a separate purchase.
Early A-D Inter-10! Not just full 531, but silver-brazed full 531! Score! Those were intelligently spec'ed with very good and serviceable but not-so-snooty parts, and were roughly comparable to the Royal X of the same era. I have been rediscovering just how well the Puch/Austro-Daimlers built in Graz truly ride. Mine (same frame but with different paint and graphics) is currently running Normandy Luxe Competition/Mavic Module E/Panaracer Pasela 27 x 1 1/4 @ 70 psi and is buttery smooth but still speedy, as in glides past newer bikes on long descents.
Go
here and scroll down for the 1976 A-D catalog - this bike is about mid-way along the line. Somewhere along the line, this model switched from SR to the pictured Nervar 50.4 mm bcd cranks - most of those (I think) had brazed-on top tube brake cable tunnels, though. Again, LOVELY score!