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Cruisin' on my Bluebird
You're probably right, a foundry is a pretty specialized operation. From what I've read even Norton (motorcycles) contracted out the actual castings despite the designs being proprietary.-----
Thank you for this information.
It is a challenge for a bicycle manufacturer to economically operate an in-house foundry.
Even when foundry produced parts carry the brand name of the bicycle they are typically subcontracted pieces.
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Tail lamp:
wonder if there may have been a relation between Miller brand bicycle lighting products and Tube Investments
noticed that most cycles produced with TI owned names come with Miller lighting kit, unless equipped with SA Dynohub of course...
recognise the machine's tail lamp as one which came on a new three-speed my parents gifted me about 1958. never paid much attention to cycle's brand name; with the perspective of hindsight suspect it may have been a Triumph. livery was red flambouyant with gold lining.
one summer in junior high had the bike locked up in a rack at the school. when came back to it the tail lamp had been disassembled with all of the pieces lying on the ground. perhaps someone was tinkering with it when they got interrupted. all of the bits were there and was able to reassemble it without recourse to tools. so have a good memory of what the Miller tail lamp of the era looks like.
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