Frame

0189x

Never built

Quoted, written up, and never built. Sid struck NOT CONFIRMED diagonally across the sheet in pencil and wrote ‘to be confirmed by letter’ against Other Details; no letter came, and the number went to Ken Cordon's frame on 10 January 1989 instead. It is filed here as 0189x rather than given a number of its own, because 0189 is what the sheet says. An export order, to a customer in North Carolina, for a canary yellow Cinelli-crowned racing frame with Campagnolo Super Record ends: the only frame in the register whose whole existence is a piece of paper.

Ordered: undated
Tubing: 653
Frame: 60cm (23⅝")
Top tube: 23"
Angles: 73° / 74°
Forks: Internal aero crown (Cinelli)
Ends: Campag Super Record
Seatstays: Fast back
Headset: No head set
Brazed on: 2 gear lever bosses, 2 brake eyes on LH side 45° divers helmet, TA bottle cage bosses 2 D/T & S/T, centre pull brake bridge
Finish: Canary yellow, lugs lined black
Customer: Cooper, Newton, North Carolina

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Transcribed as it appears, including the abbreviations. Underlining and the red pencil struck across the job are on the sheet itself.

653          FRAME SPECIFICATION

NAME        Mr [redacted] Cooper
ADDRESS     [redacted], Newton NC, USA
FRAME No.   0189.
MODEL       Racing.
LUGS        Standard long with windows
SIZE        60cms (23⅝")
T.T.        23"
ENDS        Campag Super Record
ANGLES      73°  74°
A.K. SEAT LUG    Fast Back.
TYPE OF CROWN    Internal aero (Cinelli)
MAIN FINISH      Canary Yellow.
LUGS LINED       Black.

GEAR LEVER BOSSES        YES, TWO
BRAKE EYES               2 on LH side 45° divers helmet
TA BOTTLE CAGE BOSSES    2 D/T & S/T.
HEAD SET                 NO HEAD SET
OTHER DETAILS            To be confirmed by letter.

[struck diagonally across the sheet in pencil: NOT CONFIRMED]