Aero Pro Serial Number

[davemac1974]

Does anyone know how to decipher them??? Just picked this up:

[billstup]

Don`t look like they do, I don`t 

[Zippy]

Arrrrrgggghhhhh, how is everyone getting them ahead of me.

[jonpaul11]

I think...

T3 = 83
J = Month, October
then number?

I think the same for all tange frames - Kuwi's included...

Jon

[davemac1974]

Cheers JonPaul...that seems to make sense.  :santa_afro:

Arrrrrgggghhhhh, how is everyone getting them ahead of me.

Sorry...tried to make my post as subtle as possible.

I've been after one for months...was beginning to think I'd never get one! 

[ash]

so where'd it come from? :santa_azn: :santa_azn: :santa_azn:

[davemac1974]

Leicester!  :santa_wink:

 :santa_grin:

[beard1973]

Does that mean mine came off the production line first... 

[ash]

ooh i like this game !!!!!! :santa_evil:

[beard1973]

I still appear to be winning... First Up Best Dressed!!!  :santa_afro:

[davemac1974]

So what do we think abouth the theory behind the serial number then, considering that all 3 begin T3J???  :santa_undecided:

[Moose]

Here's a wild stab in the dark - do you think the T could be for Tange? not sure about the 3 and the J for Japan?

Does anyone have a tange made Aero pro that doesn't begin with T3J?

[Waxintaxin]

Will check tonight , thinkk mine is the same TJ3, T is deffo for TANGE and yes Japan sounds like a good idea maybe the 3 is 83 as that sounds about rightfor age

Rich

[spinmaster]

t is for tange, 3 - 83, j is the letter for the month it came out and then the last 4 numbers are the batch number.

basically they used the first 12 letters of the alphabet for each month a - january, b - febuary. etc

so yours would be j - october

[Nosnod]

Quimrider, I think your theory is for Mongoose only. I suspect that the J is for Japan as it would be one hell of a coincidence that all these frames that you guys have were all built in Oct 83 :santa_huh:

[spinmaster]

to be honest nosnod i don't have a clue i was just repeating what i found on a kuwi site to look smart, lol


have a look here

http://www.dreamgate.ne.jp/kuwahara/

then go to the kz-1 section

the bloke who runs the site, jamie, is a member on here, he might be the feller to ask about such frames.

[Waxintaxin]

Mines T3J 6777 im gonna call it lucky

Rich

So either raleigh bought a month of factory time and made all of them in that month, which makes sense as i know they had a massive stock and had to use them up for years after initial release or it means something else

[davemac1974]

Also, if this was the case, it would mean that there were at least 6,629 frame made in October '83 alone!  :santa_shocked:

Unlikely  :santa_undecided:

[retrogeezer]

T4C8658 on my one.


At a guess, maybe it is Tange/Year84/Month C-March/ number...BUT

The only thing Tange stamped was bottom bracket shells and they then got welded to all different framesets?