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Old 03-01-22, 02:41 PM
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Mafac racer bridge stampings

Got given a pail of these bits to make sets out of and was struck by the number of different stampings on the backs of the bridges - seven or eight, depending on whether whether the hole is keyed makes a difference:











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Production work done a number of different machines
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They're French.

It's like asking how many unique configurations there are to Raleigh Gran(d) Sport(s) that were made in 1973.
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Found another variation

This one the letters are stamped, not raised:


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