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Columbia bicycles are or were made in Westfield Mass. by the American Bicycle Trust headed by Col. Pope. Pope also made motorcycles and cars under the Pope name. if I'm not mistaken Pope was the holder of the selden Patent on automobiles that was finally broken by Henry Ford.
I'm not very familiar with Columbia but a lot of the manufacturers bought thier fenders from other companies like Wald, MacCauley, etc., others made their own stuff. I just don't know.:o
Yeah I find it a bit confusing. I think I should have the peaked "gothic" style fenders but i'm not totally sure. I've seen a few pics of older Westfields/columbias and thats what looks like is on them. I also noticed that the tank that is on my bike is the same as an old Elgin and I think they had those fenders as well- though some of them mounted ofer the front fork. I'll have to look at my Bluebird later and compare...HA! Just kidding- I wish!
I have the square fenders which I like but they don't seem to fit the frame I'll have to see. I'll post another pic soon as i've done a little work to it since the last pics. I'm still looking for a dropstand, clip and pedals then maybe I can at least ride it!
Thanks again for your help I really appreciate it.
Here is a picture off nostalgic of an Elgin bubble tank that I now own that has the fenders that I think that you are talking about and they have been on all the other bubble tanks that I have seen from that time era also.
The front fender that went over the front fork came on the Elgin twin bar series,
The Robin, Bluebird and Skylark had fenders that were specific for each bike.
for the most part Elgins were made by 2 manufacturers. Columbia, and Murray Ohio. as I understand it it depended kinda on whether you lived on the east or west coast.
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