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Mad Doug Biker

I prefer animals to most people.
Location
Craggy Island
Lucas bells!

What I want know is, what do the numbers mean, i.e. this is a number 82.
Were these simply model numbers, and if so, how..... Where can you date them??

This leads me onto my next question, how does the seller know this '82 is from 1928?:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=122184649497&globalID=EBAY-GB

I mean, when was the '31 in the listing below made? Going on the logic of the one above, it should be 1913, whereas a number 32 would be 1923!:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOSEPH-LUCAS-No-31-DOUBLE-REVOLVING-VINTAGE-VETERAN-BICYCLE-BELL/232112914781?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=39012&meid=db9ef006de4841e2be795dc184d469a8&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=122184649497

Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
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biggs682

biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
Mad Doug Biker said:
Lucas bells!

What I want know is, what do the numbers mean, i.e. this is a number 82 (although I have seen others). Were these simply model numbers, and if so, how..... Where can you date them??

This leads me onto my next question, how does the seller know this '82 is from 1928?:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=122184649497&globalID=EBAY-GB

I mean, when was the '31 in the listing below made? Going on the logic of the one above, it should be 1913, whereas a number 32 would be 1923!:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOSEPH-LUCAS-No-31-DOUBLE-REVOLVING-VINTAGE-VETERAN-BICYCLE-BELL/232112914781?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=39012&meid=db9ef006de4841e2be795dc184d469a8&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=122184649497

Any ideas?

Thanks.
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thats way to hard to even try and answer this time of the day , there sure are some nice old retro bells out there
 
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Mad Doug Biker

I prefer animals to most people.
Location
Craggy Island
biggs682 said:
thats way to hard to even try and answer this time of the day , there sure are some nice old retro bells out there
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I'm still waiting to see if anyone has a picture of Humber/Sunbeam/Hercules wheels with the red pin stripes, but clearly nobody does.

I have asked the sellers of that Olympia for a closer picture though.
 
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Mad Doug Biker

I prefer animals to most people.
Location
Craggy Island
Found my answer regarding the bells:

Hi all, lucas products were dated bike, car and motorcycle parts, all carry a date stamp, this one is dated inside on the dinger mech 5 28, so may 1928.
 
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Mad Doug Biker

I prefer animals to most people.
Location
Craggy Island
uphillstruggler said:
that's in MK if you want me to collect and hold for you. youll need to pay first though :okay:
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Nice as it is, no (I can't have another bike at the moment anyway, the 'powers that be' would molicate me) - I am referring to the description below that I found regarding the Humber I am working on right now.

I am looking for a closer up picture of the wheels painted as described...... I notice the mud guards are almost the same on that Herc though....

From my 'Something I haven't seen before' thread:

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/something-i-havent-seen-before.208859/

Got this message from the seller:

Hello, thankyou for your kind comments about my bike. There doesn't seem to be a lot of information available, but I know that sunbeam and hercules did a similar thing on some of their models, the black band runs around the centre of the rim and is about 1/2 an inch wide including a red pinstripe either side of 1/32" (.8mm) width.
Good luck with restoring your bike.
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I have asked the sellers for a closer up picture but have still to see one.

EDIT: Sorry, all a bit garbelled there, the iPad had a hairy fit again.
 
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uphillstruggler

uphillstruggler

Guru
Location
Half way there
Mad Doug Biker said:
Nice as it is, no (I can't have another bike at the moment anyway, the 'powers that be' would molicate me) - I am referring to the description below that I found regarding the Humber I am working on right now.

I am looking for a closer up picture of the wheels painted as described...... I notice the mud guards are almost the same on that Herc though....

From my 'Something I haven't seen before' thread:

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/something-i-havent-seen-before.208859/



I have asked the sellers for a closer up picture but have still to see one.

EDIT: Sorry, all a bit garbelled there, the iPad had a hairy fit again.
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I did see that thread but only after reading this one :okay:

I, like @biggs682 am tempted. my reasoning is that I got to know a guy a while ago, he does up old motors but took time to chat one day when I was rebuilding a bike in the yard outside his lockup. He told me about his childhood in Ireland riding an old Hercules. really nice guy with a few interesting stories which he had time to tell me.

If I had the funds, I would buy it for him.
 
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