1945 Swiss Military Condor

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alivreri

'Lil Knee Scuffer

• Nov 15, 2014

• #1

Just picked this up. Absolutely love it. Waiting for the 1947 frame bag to arrive!

 

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rustjunkie

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Moderator

• Nov 15, 2014

• #2

Man that's nice! What hubs are on it?

 

fat tire trader

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe

• Nov 15, 2014

• #3

Nice Bike!
Here's my Condor
http://www.fattiretrading.com/condor.html

 

Joe Buffardi

Cruisin' on my Bluebird

• Nov 16, 2014

• #4

Hubs

The rear hub looks like a Sachs automatic

 

rustjunkie

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Moderator

• Nov 17, 2014

• #5

Joe Buffardi said:

The rear hub looks like a Sachs automatic

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dunno, shell looks a little small, oiler in wrong place, and the drum brake makes me think not.

 

A

alivreri

'Lil Knee Scuffer

• Nov 17, 2014

• #6

rustjunkie said:

dunno, shell looks a little small, oiler in wrong place, and the drum brake makes me think not.

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Being a novice would you mind elaborating on the hub?

As far as I know this is all original with a few Military upgrades made over the years which I believe was common for the older bikes still in service.

 

rustjunkie

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Moderator

• Nov 17, 2014

• #7

Yeah, it looked to me like the wheels have been rebuilt. I'm no expert but the hub looks like it's from the late 1960s at the earliest? I don't know when they went to that logo for sure though. Here's how the hubs have been marked that I've seen from the 1940s:

I see Torpedo; what else is written on your rear hub? Can we see a picture of the front?
Here's a couple links with info on (Fichtel &) Sachs hubs:

http://yarchive.net/bike/torpedo_hubs.html
https://hubstripping.wordpress.com/

 

fat tire trader

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe

• Nov 18, 2014

• #8

This page

http://osth.educanet2.ch/ordonnanzrad/.ws_gen/81/index.htm

shows how to date Torpedo Hubs.

 

SirMike1983

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe

• Nov 18, 2014

• #9

Regardless of the upgrades/changes, it's still an outstanding bike with lots of nice and pretty appropriate accessories.

 

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alivreri

'Lil Knee Scuffer

• Nov 18, 2014

• #10

SirMike1983 said:

Regardless of the upgrades/changes, it's still an outstanding bike with lots of nice and pretty appropriate accessories.

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Thanks SirMike! I'll post more pictures once the center frame bag comes.