Off the Thread Subject for a minute........
As every one knows I picked up a very old Pope/Shapleigh I've been doing a lot of research to positively identify this bike so today I started stripping it down and found three coats of paint
1st Carmel, like the color of the Mead bikes
2nd Blue, like the Iver Johnson bikes
3rd Red reminiscing of so many other bikes
Fading from under the original head badge (cream colored) isn't the same pattern as the head badge which was held on by a small screw and a nail at the bottom I also stripped and polished the badge and will get the frame into bead blasting soon, the frame is solid as a rock and I will be Re-Furbishing the bike with a Gran Royale Union Flyer that I can transfer all the parts over to and have a pretty road worthy bike, I will get a thread started soon on the Resto- Mod.
Notice the forks don't match those featured on the Special in the catalog and they also have a closed axel drop out reminiscent of a much older bike, the double duty bars are brazed onto the forks and have female threads at the top instead of male threads with acorn nuts like a newer model.
Questions ? Questions ?
Oh and Thanks! to Velo for the trade I won't say what we traded, that's his secret surprise to share.