Schweinhund

Can anyone get anything out of it now?

Schweinhund

CR??0012 - maybe.

AdventureManCO 

This thread is exactly why I come to BF. No disrespect to OP, but I think I'll legit be a little sad once the answer on the bike is found.

sd5782 

I would guess factory holes in that BB. It would be nearly impossible to do such a job on a drill press on that rounded surface. A more skilled machinist with fancier equipment could,, but why bother?

unworthy1

for the record: that was NOT my guess. I just was referencing all the "six-pointed stars on bicycles" I could remember.
I don't think this is a Malvern Star frame, but who knows? It just might be!

machinist42

Murray Missile 

Well. since this thread has pretty much derailed already......

My folks had a '68 Ford "Torino" Squire station wagon when I was in high school. It had wood grain sides, chrome roof rack, hubcaps, whitewalls (studded snow tires in the Winter) and JC Whitney fog lamps. Vey uncool......... I hated that car with a passion and always felt like I'd been peed on a little when I drove it, now I understand why. Not the actual "pee wagon" but one just like it sans the fog lamps:

grant40

Does have Campagnolo dropouts and I did get a serial number but I forgot it already. I will update with it when I go back tomorrow.

Also the seat post clamp looks exactly like this.

unworthy1

If it's an exact match, that seat cluster is both unusual and therefore bound to be a good clue (for somebody). Like these BB shell "dimples" I have not seen the like of it, before.
I'm sure a serial number could be a big step forward in solving the mystery...

Camilo

While I learned to drive in a Falcon squire, later we had a yellow two door Torino in the family when my brother and I were in HS in that era. I took my driver's test in it. It was second family car, but my dad let my brother buy "Mag wheels" for it (Fenton, ~$25 each at Target IIRC, they weren't Kragar which were the good ones) and we put orange helper coil springs on the rear shocks ourselves which jacked it up a couple of inches. To top it off, if IIRC, the standard Goodyear whitewall Polyglass tires might have even had raised lettering on the other side giving us a free "upgrade" when the tires were remounted. That could be a dream. Regardless, the suburban mom's car became a sluggish sporty looking car. What fun for about $100 invested (wheels and shocks split 50/50). It certainly wasn't a Mopar hemi or whatever Ford marketed in that category. Chick Magnet? Eh, it didn't work for me, although my girlfriend's little brother thought it was pretty cool.

cudak888 

This is the first time I've ever heard that, and no amount of searching online seems to correlate it. Is this specific to a certain regional Spanish dialect? Do tell.

The '68 predated Ford's swapover to the GM/Saganaw power steering box in '72, but just be glad you didn't have to deal with a Chrysler PS box. Those things give new meaning to overboosted, plus they feel 200k-sloppy at 20k.

-Kurt

DiabloScott

It's kind of a Spanish dad joke... look up "te orino", and then slur your words just a bit so it sounds like Torino.
I first heard it in Puerto Rico, but other friends had either heard it before or understood the joke right away.

grant40

The seat post clamp is an exact match and the lugs on the red bike are made by the same brand (Prugnat), but different style. The red bike is a J. W. Moore.

grant40

The problem is that the red bike has Built-in bosses for the cables and the shifters. The blue and white bike does not have any types of bosses. Also the lugs are a different style on both bikes but they are both made by Prugnat.

cudak888 

Now I get it. A bit of a stretch without just the right pronunciation.

-Kurt

Murray Missile 

I've experienced them all. Our Driver's Ed car was a Plymouth Fury station wagon and I've owned a few MoPars and FoMoCo products over the years.

When I first got my license the folks had a '60 Impala 4 Dr. with a 348 4 bbl. and dual glass packs, even though it was a 4 Dr. it was still kinda cool. They traded it in on the Torino which when they told me we were getting a Torino I was super excited then I cone home from school to see THAT sitting in the driveway. talk about a disappointment! Here's the old Impala....... it had load levelers on the back which jacked it up a little so it had that going for it LOL.

grant40

The serial number is GBR0012 or something close to it. The B and the R are not super certain, but the rest of it is perfectly clear.

fender1

This thread encapsulates everything I love about C&V.

squirtdad

in relation to the torino informal meaning I understood chevy had problems selling the Nova (No Va) in spanish speaking countries.

and in keeping with total derailement the worlds worst car was a ford mustang II Steering.....vague at it's best, brakes, you look at them you are locked and skidding, binary on/off and clutch needed 2 men and large animal to push.
only car I every drove below the speed limit on hiway 17 to santa cruz

back to bikes

seypat

Fastback seatstays thread.

Fastback Seat Stays

unworthy1

thanks for that "fastback seat cluster" review thread, Seypat. Shame that so many pix have vanished but many were because of Photobucket going belly-up.
I don't see one that matches the "J.W. Moore" example, exactly nor do i know anything about J.W. so please fill us in.
Is that detail of the steel bit a "chain stay hanger"?
I remember something like that being sold as an after-market accessory, but don't see any pic of the blue frame that shows that in any location.