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Title: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: davemac1974 on December 13, 2005, 10:57 PM

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

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y104/davemac1974/AeroPro1.jpg)

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: billstup on December 13, 2005, 11:00 PM

Don`t look like they do, I don`t  :(

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: Zippy on December 13, 2005, 11:05 PM

Arrrrrgggghhhhh, how is everyone getting them ahead of me.

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: jonpaul11 on December 13, 2005, 11:16 PM

I think...

T3 = 83
J = Month, October
then number?

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

Jon

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: davemac1974 on December 13, 2005, 11:33 PM

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

Quote from: Zippy on December 13, 2005, 11:05 PM

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!  ::)

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: ash on December 13, 2005, 11:48 PM

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

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: davemac1974 on December 13, 2005, 11:52 PM

Leicester!  :santa_wink:

 :santa_grin:

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: beard1973 on December 14, 2005, 12:06 AM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v650/beard1973/IMG_0897.jpg)

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

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: ash on December 14, 2005, 12:10 AM

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y4/ASH13Y/100_3020.jpg)

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

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: beard1973 on December 14, 2005, 12:12 AM

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

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: davemac1974 on December 14, 2005, 12:14 AM

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

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: Moose on December 14, 2005, 09:15 AM

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?

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: Waxintaxin on December 14, 2005, 09:22 AM

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

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: spinmaster on December 14, 2005, 01:29 PM

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

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: Nosnod on December 14, 2005, 05:21 PM

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:

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: spinmaster on December 14, 2005, 05:32 PM

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.

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: Waxintaxin on December 14, 2005, 07:56 PM

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 :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: davemac1974 on December 14, 2005, 11:18 PM

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:

Title: Re: Aero Pro Serial Number
Post by: retrogeezer on December 15, 2005, 07:45 PM

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?