Panasonic MC 6500, collectible?
08-23-17, 01:29 PM
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Panasonic MC 6500, collectible?
Got it from a scrapper
Look what no brain people did to it....
Look what no brain people did to it....
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08-23-17, 04:07 PM
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What am I seeing here? Was this a diamond frame with the top tube cut and relocated to make it a step through? If so, why is there a lug on the seat tube? What happened to this?
08-23-17, 06:22 PM
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Somebody cut the top tube, bent it and made a girl's bike
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08-23-17, 09:58 PM
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Creative indeed. I am amazed that it has a lug on the seat tube in the new location. Amazing that someone went to the trouble to put a lug in, but it doesn't look good with the top tube bent and the original seat lug unfinished.
Interesting!?
Interesting!?
08-23-17, 10:00 PM
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It does at least have some decent vintage components on it.
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How does it ride if you dared to ride it?
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Perhaps there was an accessory attachment that went from the front of the existing top tube to the lug at the top of the seat tube. It was there to make it look like a boy's bike. You take it off, and voilà, you have a girl's bike. I've seen a few like that.
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Uh, creative is one thing, butchery is another.
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