Frame

81117

UntracedLedger: stock

Annotated "Enamelled" in red at the foot of the page.

Tubing: 531 DB
Frame: 22½" racing
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 1 5/8"
Ends: Super Record
Chainstays: 16½"
B/bracket: 10 5/8"
Headset: Standard
Equipment: Sprints only
Brazed on: Pip, 10 speed, TA bosses
Finish: Red pearlised 'Niko' poly as before, lug line, Superbe transfers
Customer: Mr Greg Mason
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 81117 — 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 D.B.
FRAME NO 81117
22½ RACING.    SPRINTS ONLY
ANGLES 73° 73°
T.T.
ENDS    SUPER RECORD
C/STAYS    16½
S/STAYS
FORKS    1 5/8.
B/BKT    10 5/8.
HEADSET    STD.
BRAZED ON    PIP. 10 SPEED    TA BOSSES
FINISH.    RED Pearlised.
NIKO 'POLY' AS BEFORE
LUG LINE
SUPERBE TRANS
STOCK.
SOLD
Customer  Mr Greg Mason, Nottm.
S. Standard    Enamelled