Old 11-30-22, 12:54 PM
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Thank you, MauriceMoss , because this one was driving me NUTS. The non-Fischer sand-cast BB and the pinned/peened/dimpled chainstay sockets, coupled with the serial number location and the serial number itself all pointed away from Allegro.

From what I gathered during my Allegro sleuthing phase was that they standardized on the seat tube lozenge before WWII - if the dates given for certain bikes are reasonably accurate. This one, for instance, allegedly has the lozenge.

If you're really bored, or have info you can add, I started assembling an Allegro database a while back ...
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