Re: Packard Bikes
Posted by Leeedy On 2020/12/28 12:08:25
Leaping forward from Alvan T. Fuller in 1899... DIY-ers on the internet will tell you that Bean Son Company (the bicycle distributor that handled the Packard bicycle that started this thread) went out of business in the 1940s. Awwww.
Now, from the NBHAA archive, here are a couple of dealerbook examples that clearly indicate otherwise. Bean Son Company (NOT "Bean and Son Company" as also stated in the beginning of the thread) was selling 10-Speed bicycles in the 10-Speed heyday. And when was that? Try the 1970s. Yes.
Like one "museum" today says, "We don't ever want the facts to get in the way of a good story..." Hmmmm. Wow. They actually say that on a sign and introduction!
And were there Packard-branded 10-Speed bicycles ever sold? Welllll...?
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Now, from the NBHAA archive, here are a couple of dealerbook examples that clearly indicate otherwise. Bean Son Company (NOT "Bean and Son Company" as also stated in the beginning of the thread) was selling 10-Speed bicycles in the 10-Speed heyday. And when was that? Try the 1970s. Yes.
Like one "museum" today says, "We don't ever want the facts to get in the way of a good story..." Hmmmm. Wow. They actually say that on a sign and introduction!
And were there Packard-branded 10-Speed bicycles ever sold? Welllll...?
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