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Old 22-05-21, 21:26
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CCM (Canada Cycle and Motorcar) was taken over in WW2 by the CDN government for production of war time materials. They had a very large factory in Weston Ontario, now a part of Toronto. While they manufactured motorcars for a few years their big products were bicycles and ice skates. I remember having an ancient CCM bike when I was a kid. ...
I think every Canadian kid of a range of ages had either a CCM or Eaton's pedal bike. One of the most often encountered CCM marked products are the sheet metal caps and rings on Long Branch No.4 Lee Enfields. Simple stampings that could have been made on machinery that originally manufactured bicycle chain guards or headlights.
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