Nut Box
Luxor Member
Global user
Registered: 07-2007
Location: Leicestershire, England.
Posts: 387
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
English Rogers Serial Numbers.
Thanks to Swivomatic having joined us I think it is possible to decipher English Rogers serial numbers.
Not all the drums have serial numbers. If they are present they are ink stamped on the inside of the shell under the chromed script logo. My Mardi Gras kit which I now believe to be quite early (say end of 1961) because of the way the shells are constructed and the profile of the bearing edges (I will do a more detailed post at some point) has a serial numbers of around 66536. Swivomatic's Dyna, bought in 1966 is 96809.
So a quick piece of arithmetic gives us-
96809-66536=30273 drums produced over 5 years.
That's 6054 drums per year.
504 drums per month.
126 per week.
Or 25 drums per working day.
This places my B&B lug Dyna (serial 85353) at the end of 1964 which is consistent with what I already thought ie. 1963/64.
There are some questions. Not all drum have serial numbers. Would they non the less be included in the count? Were Ajax's drums from other ranges(Edgware, Strattford) also included in this count? However a significant step forward.
---
"You have to become the change you want to see in the World". - Mahatma Gandhi.
|
|
6/16/2008, 10:04 am
|
Send Email to Nut Box
Send PM to Nut Box
|
tommykat1
XP10 Dyna-Sonic Member
Global user
Registered: 06-2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 3292
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: English Rogers Serial Numbers.
Great stuff Nutbox. You and Swivomatic have the ball rolling. Your archaeological expedition is making much progress.
|
|
6/16/2008, 10:47 am
|
Send Email to tommykat1
Send PM to tommykat1
|
