The claimed age of
1962 is in disagreement with the serial number starting with 2366,
if one views it against the few other old frames we have found and
against the following info:
Martin in Finland, who also own an old Gazelle,
received an email from Gazelle saying "[we]
started building race frames in 1967 or 1968."
Furthermore the history section on the Gazelle website states that
"frame number 2000000 being built
in 1966".
Still there are so many unique frame details on this one, that
we hesitate dating it any newer than the other frames with allegedly
earlier serial numbers. The decals are also different and appear
older than this frame which is tentatively
dated as 1968-69. Whether it is as early as 1962, or one of the
first from 1966 is open to speculation. Out of sequence serial numbers
were not uncommon among the newer frames.
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