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08-17-20 | 05:50 PM

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brettbaugh

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Brooks b66

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Originally Posted by mrmw

I have a Brooks B66 that was bought new in the late spring 1978 in New Paltz, NY.

In the course of rehabbing it recently, I noticed it had a 3 character code 'O K 7' inscribed on the inside underside of the saddle top.

The first place I went to find out what the code might mean was vintage-trek.com. Alas, it appears that the Date Code key had been lost, according to a correspondent quoted there.

But I'm wondering...could the '7' be for the year 1977, then the 'K' for the month November?

Goodness knows what the first character--either an O or a zero, might mean...

Anyone have further anecdotal 411 to add?

I just picked up an old Brooks saddle at a local bike shop for $15. It is definitely vintage and in great shape. The only identifier is like yours a three digit marking on the underside of the seat leather. Mine is stamped “0D8” (zero, D, 8). You mentioned that maybe the letter is the month. I recently looked up a Schwinn beach cruiser serial number and the only Letter in the serial number was a “K” which represented October per the serial number registry site I visited. So maybe my seat is April 78?? Who knows.

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