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Offline Nosnod

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Ishiwata frame ID
« on: June 12, 2006, 11:07 PM »
Can anyone identify this 24" cruiser frame & fork.
It is made by Ishiwata of Japan, stamped on both rear dropouts which are machined. It has an oval top tube and a largeish 1 1/4" down tube. Pretty good welds and appears to be cro-mo.
It is virtually identical to the 20" Thunderball-X F&F that was imported by Ron Kitchens in 1983 except that the 20" has slightly different rear dropouts but I have never seen a pic of a 24" to compare.
Did Ishiwata make frames for anyone else?



« Last Edit: June 13, 2006, 08:36 AM by Nosnod »

Offline Bob_Acid

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Re: Ishiwata frames
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2006, 11:40 PM »


do a search for Ishiwata on google and they seem to be a respectable Jap co, the racer boys have a lot to say about them.

TBH though Nos', i keep seeing 20" around with those exact drop outs so i think it may be generic. That's not to say it ain't well made. probably used by several companys, like tange mate  :daumenhoch:
« Last Edit: June 12, 2006, 11:43 PM by Bob_Acid »

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Re: Ishiwata frame ID
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2006, 01:15 PM »
Looks a lot like our Prosight frame down here. It was Tange made too.

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