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Davis or Dayton specific...I see a lot of fenders without it claimed as Davis....then it’s not without the button?
Could it be a certain time frame when the pierced brace used or just a “end of day” quickie or a special order part for certain bikes.
 
Well...they are all International Stamping fenders.... but Davis is the only company that had the “button” as a feature. Other company’s used international stamping. One example is Miami. The front fender on a deep drop-side Miami fender has no button, a shorter nose in length, and front double brace. Yet both came from international stamping.
 
Davis or Dayton specific...I see a lot of fenders without it claimed as Davis....then it’s not without the button?

Mark ... From my experience ... that fender button is
supposed to be on EACH and EVERY Davis-Built bicycle.

Early-Flat .. and Later-Deep fenders, included.

Dayton .. Yale .. H-D .. Dixie Flyer .. Liberty ... Chief ...
Mumford & Sons Hardware Store ...


That fender button is supposed to be in attendance on
ALL Davis-Builts.


SAME for that ''punch and spread'' feature on the Davis
fender brace.


I have never seen 100% participation on that ''punch and
spread'' feature ... but that fender button ... If it's not there
it's not a Davis.


Don't know why or when that ''punch and spread'' feature
is sometimes absent. Never did see a pattern.


KEEP in Mind ... Have never seen any mention of the
''punch and spread'' technology OR .. any mention of the
benefit of the fender button in Davis Lit ....


NOW ... I am sure someone is gonna show a '' Davis Fender''
that never had a fender button ... and believe they got somethin'
RARE ... oh, it may be rare ... but (my opinion) Hardly Desirable.


I would have a button made and attached to any Davis fender
that has one missing.


..... patric

Holy Crap ... it's 10:30 p.m. in SW Ohio ... still gotta go out and
catch a possum tonight ... for the possum stew we have for breakfast
every Saturday mornin' ......... G' night .. All.


And thank you for those LIKES ... Hope each of you believes I earned every one.
 
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Thanks ....clears up some questions and possibly educate a few...
I’m purely visual person I can’t remember anything told or written
after a day...I have to read it many times to retain...... past car accident... ...

@redline1968

Mark ... I'm glad you're with us.

You DO come up with some great questions ...
and always have great relics to show us.

You are appreciated, young man !!

..... patric
 
I need help with identification of a frame that belongs to my friend @Foxclassics. It's a bit rusty but I think it can be salvaged. I believe it to be either a Davis or maybe Shelby built bike after they purchased the Davis remains. Here's the subject at hand.

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I cleaned off the Bottom Bracket and found no serial number.

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Now here's why I believe it's a Davis or a post Davis buyout Shelby. I compared it to a known Davis frame I have and I noticed these similarities right away.

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The dropouts are identical.

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These braze seam locations are identical.

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All this really peaked my interest in identifying this frame.
 
And here are things I noticed that are different between the two frames

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I overlaid the two frames to get a visual comparison. The light grey and maroon frame is my Davis frame. You can see the difference in seat mast angle and seat stay length and angle. You can also see the head tube lengths are slightly different.

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I noticed differences between the thickness and shapes of the seat stay tubes.

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The chain stays have differences as well. You can see the tighter sharper bends on the the rusty frame we're trying to identify. For the most part this and minor frame dimension differences are all that stuck out. I found some oddities in the chain stay cross supports.

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The rusty bike has a single hole in it's cross support. It's not a through hole so I don't believe it to be a fender mount. And the seat stay cross support has no holes in it at all.

You can see the cross supports are slightly different from frame to frame in size mostly. Shape and construction are very similar. This is an odd one! Anyone know or have an idea on this rusty wheelers I.D.?

@hoofhearted
 
I need help with identification of a frame that belongs to my friend @Foxclassics. It's a bit rusty but I think it can be salvaged. I believe it to be either a Davis or maybe Shelby built bike after they purchased the Davis remains.


TIM ROBBINS ..... Am not quite sure, yet ........

The gray / maroon Davis DOES have very-
square shoulders on the crankcase cups.


Very Davis.

Still ... am not sure about the rusted relic ...

May never be sure ... but the thought is sure
to roll around in my noggin for a while.


Sorry fellas .......

..... patric

I did have one light-bulb moment ......

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The Uppermost Foto posted by @Dayton Vintage Speed
(in this entry) ... Instantly
took me right back to my
Memory of a 1976 Dingo Boot Magazine Ad .....


Despite the many varied Labyrinths we encounter ......
Connectivity Often Electrifies a Light-Bulb.
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