Frame

81108

UntracedLedger: sold

Tony Argent, 13 Anson Walk, Cotmanhay. Model Track. The ledger has 81108 as Tony Argent of Cotmanhay, Ilkeston.

Ordered: 7-7-81
Tubing: 531 S/L tubing
Frame: 22" track (metric)
Angles: 74° / 74°
Forks: 14¼" × 1¼", new Continental oval S/L, Haden crown
Ends: Track
Chainstays: Short as possible
B/bracket: 10¾" with sprints
Headset: Shimano 600
Equipment: Sprints only
Brazed on: Top eyes Superbe flat 5/8 S/L, Allen key seat lug
Finish: Blue metallic, silver head and seat, lug line
Customer: Tony Argent, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston
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 81108 — 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 S/L TUBING.
FRAME NO 81108    METRIC
22" TRACK.    SPRINTS ONLY
74° 74°    (CINELLI)    (HADEN CROWN)
FORKS    14¼" × 1¼"    NEW CONTINENTAL OVAL S/L
REAR    SHORT AS POSSIBLE
ENDS    TRACK
B/BKT    10¾ with sprints.
BRAKES    '500' or less.
TOP EYES    SUPERBE FLAT.    5/8 S/L.
ALLEN KEY SEAT LUG
HEAD SET.    SHIMANO 600.
FINISH.    BLUE Metallic
Silver Head & Seat.
Lug line.    7-7-81.
SOLD
CUSTOMER.    TONY ARGENT, COTMANHAY, ILK.
S. Standard