Hi All,
First I would like to make my case for what I believe to be the earliest of the K frames being as built and not repaired. Second I ran into a frame anomaly today that had me smiling and a theory about it. I will do this over the course of two posting since I have 6 images that I need to post. The first three pictures are from the OSKRG report on frames that many of you contributed to. The report by the way is on this website under the Technical heading. The 4th picture is what I will call my proof that these earliest of K frames did not have the fender strut support casting break and steel pieces welded in as a repair. The image is from the September of 53 Enthusiast Magazine and clearly shows the welded on steel strut supports. In addition I have two of the threaded downtube frames and one with the welded struts and smooth bore downtubes. Today I took a road trip and examined a third threaded downtube welded strut frame. Finally the seat casting on these early frames are slightly thinner than on the later frames where the fender strut supports are part of the seat casting. My next post will show the 4th picture from the 53 Enthusiast and address the frame anomaly I ran into today.
JerryR