Made in Italy for Viscount

oldroadietehachapi Viscount Posts: 1,242	Made in Italy for Viscount Mar 3, 2017 2:07:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by oldroadietehachapi on Mar 3, 2017 2:07:25 GMT I purchased some decals for one of my Viscount projects and saw this decal www.velocals.com/viscount-made-in-italy-decal-sku-1165/ I was not aware of Italian made Viscounts. Can one of you shed light on this? All the Best Jim

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Made in Italy for Viscount Mar 3, 2017 3:38:23 GMT

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Post by kickstandman on Mar 3, 2017 3:38:23 GMT

The search function is your friend:

lambertandviscount.online/thread/1065/frame-numbers <----- Frame numbers thread.

Some of the lugged frames were built in Taiwan, and a few in Italy, and if I remember correctly, Busaste wrote that some of the Taiwan-built frames were used on the Tulsa models, which were then re-imported into the UK.

lambertandviscount.online/thread/1031/grand-prix-refurb <---- Grand Prix Refurb.

Some Viscount lugged frames were made in Italy. They're pretty rare, but they do exist. A similar sticker adorns the Viscount La Scala folding bike owned by Mrs S.

I'll stop there, here is the search link, if it doesn't work for you, then try your own search:
lambertandviscount.online/search/results?captcha_id=captcha_search&what_at_least_one=italy&who_only_made_by=0&display_as=0&search=Search (also Italian might help)

So, basically, we get the same response, "some frames were made over there" but perhaps more is to be found in this forum.

I know I even mentioned this one time, per the stickers.

Maybe someone will write a book and we will have more of the story. This next bit is a bit more helpful:

I have many pics of these two machines & did some research also when I found very little online.
Some were made in Italy for example!

I have a Simoncini, & the main man there tells me they built for Viscount, as well as other European 'names' during the same period.
So they were not all built in UK.....

Keep up the good work: )
JF

lambertandviscount.online/thread/484/viscounts-cc <--- Nice pictures, per CobaltHero; a poster we haven't heard much from.

So, that's a bit of a start.

Last Edit: Mar 3, 2017 3:39:33 GMT by kickstandman

kickstandman Viscount Posts: 640	Made in Italy for Viscount Mar 3, 2017 3:40:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kickstandman on Mar 3, 2017 3:40:19 GMT I know that Italian sticker was discussed here, most of this info is rather basic.

Post by oldroadietehachapi on Mar 3, 2017 2:07:25 GMT

Post by kickstandman on Mar 3, 2017 3:38:23 GMT

Post by kickstandman on Mar 3, 2017 3:40:19 GMT