Frame

81106

UntracedLedger: sold

Steve Lawton, marked "Cross", 24½", 11" b/bkt, sprints. Not a pro-forma at all — a card. The ledger has 81106 as Steve Lawton, 24½" cross.

Tubing: 531 DB
Frame: 24½" cross
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 1 3/4"
Ends: Sup. Record
Chainstays: 17¼"
B/bracket: 11"
Headset: Rino, fitted
Equipment: Sprints, top tube to suit
Brazed on: As Simon Varney (with roller)
Finish: Ruby flamboyant, lug line gold, Superbe transfers
Customer: Steve Lawton
Signed: S. Standard

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In the book

The same frame in the bound ledger

Through 1982 the workshop kept two records of an order: a line in the bound book, and the printed sheet above. Both give this frame the same number and the same date. The book is the shorter of the two and the only one written in the shop itself.

The page in the bound ledger recording frame 81106 — Bound ledger

As written

The page, line by line

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

531 DB
FRAME NO 81106
24½" CROSS    SPRINTS
73° 73°    (TOP TUBE TO SUIT.)
FORKS    1 3/4" ×
REAR    17¼"
B/BKT.    11"
ENDS    SUP. RECORD.
BRAZED ON    AS SIMON VARNEY. (WITH ROLLER)
Head Fittings    RINO (fitted)
FINISH.    Ruby Flam  Lug line gold
SUPERBE trans.
SOLD
CUSTOMER    STEVE LAWTON
S. Standard.