IIRC, there was a fad about then for wartime repros. The white patch was not a legal requirement during peacetime. > > From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/12/30 Sun PM 07:48:17 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Boy are you guys lucky > > This one has a registration tag from 1974 on it so it is at > least that old. The Dunelt I had as kid was a '53 or '54 > model and did not have the white fender tip, but it did have > nifty gold pen striping on the fenders. I understand that > the white fender became a legal requirement over there about > 1960. It is another of those silly laws, do you think > someone who misses the reflector is going to notice a bit of > white paint? I admit however the white fender tip does give > it an old world look. > > Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) > Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com > Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mike wilson wrote: > > > > > How old did you reckon the Dunelt is? AFAIK, the white patch on the rear > > guard was introduced in the UK during WWII, to facilitate running over > > cyclists during the blackout. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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