Spécial C.N.C.

[Ventura]

Bon soir,

mon nom est Ralf et je suis d'Allemagne. Excuse moi, mais mon Francais n'est pas trés bien.

I have recently acquired an old Spécial C.N.C. frameset. I guess it is from the 1960's. The frame has been repainted somewhen in the past, it's original colour was turqouise. Why it is leabelled "Jean Marechal", I hab´ve no idea.

Maybe you could give me your impression and ideas on the frameset.

Thanks a lot!

Best,
Ralf

[Jacques_Anquetil]

Est-ce le même Jean Maréchal ?
Difficile à dire !
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mar%C3%A9chal

[Ventura]

Est-ce le même Jean Maréchal ?
Difficile à dire !
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mar%C3%A9chal

Il est le même.

I have found a few pictures of him on the web surrounded by the same font used on the decals. Therefore I wonder of maybe he had a bikeshop and did the repainting himself.

[Ventura]

Un pluis...

[bduc61]

Hi Ralf
You mention its a special CNC - how did you come to this conclusion ?
True to say I have a frame with similar features - top quality - and I also believe its a Special CNC.

The tricky thing is that quite a few of Special CNC were of very average craftmanship so it makes the "quality classification" difficult

I have heard , if I remember correctly; that there was a framemaker nicknamed "biquet" ( like one of TTV member but I do not believe they are one and the same person!) who was working there and producing this type of quality craftmanship. Others may comment on this piece of information

[Ventura]

Merci beaucoup!

I think that it is a Spécial CNC due to the details. Here are a few more pictures. Originally it was turqouise. Numbers on frame and fork are matching. Maybe that gives a clue as well.

[Ventura]

I am considering to replace the present decals with „Spécial CNC“ decals.

However I am a bit wary to remove the decals as they are part of the bikes history. Also I am curious about the whereabouts of the decals as it seems rather unlikely to me that someone had printed a few sets of decals with Marechals name without a certain reason.

Has anyone else seen a bike labeled „Cycles Jean Marechal“ before?

[bduc61]

If I were you, I would leave it like that !
the quality of the frame is a marker - you don't need CNC on it ;-) especially as quite a few Special CNC are rather average.