Dark Blue 1957 R26
Posted: Wed 1. Sep 1999, 03:41
Allan Atherton was kind enough to start a thread on this to help me out. I own a Dark Blue R26, 1957, factory ID number 353307. The bike was purchased from a dealer in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1957 by a close family friend.
My father in law, to whom the bike was given by the friend around 1981, has known the bike since it was new, and seems to think the color was a special order; the Green Bay dealer used it as a demo and sold it only after he had no other new R26's left. I think I saw the same color on an R50 about 15 years ago at the Hershey, Pennsylvania swap meet. At the time, I did not know it was an odd color for the R26. The bike also came with a Denfeld bench seat.
I am undertaking a complete restoration. Any info on the color, or on the history which may be gathered using its factory ID number, is greatly appreciated.
My father in law, to whom the bike was given by the friend around 1981, has known the bike since it was new, and seems to think the color was a special order; the Green Bay dealer used it as a demo and sold it only after he had no other new R26's left. I think I saw the same color on an R50 about 15 years ago at the Hershey, Pennsylvania swap meet. At the time, I did not know it was an odd color for the R26. The bike also came with a Denfeld bench seat.
I am undertaking a complete restoration. Any info on the color, or on the history which may be gathered using its factory ID number, is greatly appreciated.