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Hi, a friend of mine bought what hw beleives to be a 1965 Supra. I haven't seen the drum. According to the serial number, 255427, it appears to be a 65, but the snare has 8 lugs. Neither him or me had seen an 8 lug Supra before. Did Ludwig ever made an 8 lug Supra, or can he be mistaken?

Posted on 11 years ago
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No supra's are 10 lug. it must be a acrolite.

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Posted on 11 years ago
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From vintagemore2000

No supra's are 10 lug. it must be a acrolite.

+ 1 ! Should be an Acro 100%

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Already asked for pictures of the drum, the throw, the badge and tone control, as well as the date stamp of the shell.

Posted on 11 years ago
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they didn't make them into regular production drums, but there were some 5x14 8 lug supras. I have one in a blue olive badge. I have seen one in keystone badge. it was original, chrome, unaltered badge and with imperial lugs. here is my b/o model. i'll see if I can find a pic of the keystone too..

mike

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Posted on 11 years ago
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here is a keystone 8 lug supra that bill maley owned..

mike

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Posted on 11 years ago
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I'll try to upload some pics of the snare. It's a keystone badge with baseball bat tone control.

Posted on 11 years ago
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Made them in 65 for a short period.

Nevin

Posted on 11 years ago
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Don't even need to know the throw, the badge etc.. to know if it is an Acrolite/Supraphonic.

What style lugs does it have, and is it chromed?

Posted on 11 years ago
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It'a center beaded chrome shell with imperial lugs. I asked for the pics because qe have seen a couple of frankenstain snares with one model shell using another model hardware, and the seller tryng to pass it as a legitimate original.

Posted on 11 years ago
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