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Originally Posted by vsbabolat
That Impluse 600 looks very interesting.
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This one is the only I own. My brother played with it during early 90s.
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Originally Posted by vsbabolat
They all have the same butt-cap without made in austria? Because even the junior graphite racquets were made in Austria at that time.
It looks like these might be some lower end frames.
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Yes, same butt-cap without writing. Have you ever seen it before?
I own two Graphite Evolution 3 (junior racket): one with standard butt-cap with
Made in Austria writing (and
Leconte Series writing on top of head) and the other with the butt-cap I posted above (no writing), and
Graphite (Series) instead of
Leconte Series writing. They are identical, only different butt-cap, writings on top of Head and a little bit different shade of blue paintjob. It seems that you're right in saying "
It looks like these might be some lower end frames", but in your opinion are they Made/Designed in Austria or not?
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Originally Posted by retrowagen
I remember in 1989, the US market got the first of many Asian-made Head frames: the Match Pro, a 600cm2 constant-beam widebody that was, at the time, downmarket from their Austrian-made lines. I seem to recall this model was made in Taiwan. I also vaguely recall the buttcap sticker was a silver one as seen at the top of this thread.
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This is very interesting: I didn't know that in 1989 Head already have some plants in Far East countries. Maybe this could explain all...
But I think it's very strange that a
Pro Series too was produced in Taiwan, China or Malaysia (Specter Plus, last two pictures), and I think that in that case the butt-cap should have a
Made in Taiwan (or Malaysia, or...) badge, don't you think so? I saw some Head frame with a silver badge with
Made in Malaysia writing instead of
Made in Austria one, and they date to early 90s, as the rackets we are talking about...
Ettore