Originally Posted by
LeftCoastJon
That second point is interesting to me. I have a Talbot with the serial number 'S1 2 255'. Consensus is it was probably made in Japan, up to this point I hadn't seen a similar serial number myself. I was dating it by the components only, which range from June 1980 to Feb 1981 so suspected 1981 - I'm pleased to see that's the case from what you wrote. Thanks
Hello LeftCoastJohn,
some of the Deelite bicycles from Fred Deeley in Vancouver had serial numbers with this format.