Frame
81144
Russ Gimson, 26 Barton Rd, Long Eaton. Received 29 Dec '81, the last of the year. The ledger was transcribed as Ross; the worksheet reads Russ and David confirms Russ. Upside down on the drive.
- Ordered
- 29-12-81
- Tubing
- 531 DB
- Frame
- 22½" touring
- Top tube
- 22"
- Angles
- 73° / 73°
- Forks
- 1 3/4" × 15"
- Fork type
- S/L forks
- Ends
- Road with eyes, extra width for 6 speed
- Seatstays
- ½"
- B/bracket
- 10 5/8"
- Headset
- Standard
- Equipment
- 27" HPs & guards, 12 speed
- Brazed on
- Pip, 10 speed tunnels, eye, TA bosses, brake guides top of top tube
- Finish
- Yellow enamel, lug line, transfers
- Customer
- Russ Gimson
- Signed
- S. Standard
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£110
A high-resolution print of the sheet, not the original. Giclée on enhanced matte art paper, mounted in snow white, glazed, in a solid wood frame. Free UK postage. £15 goes to Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance.
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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, 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 S/L FORKS ORDER REC'D 29-12-81 FRAME NO 81144 22½" TOURING. 27 HP'S & GDS. ANGLES 73° 73° T.T. 22" ENDS ROAD WITH EYES EXTRA WIDTH FOR 6 SPEED. S/STAYS. ½" FORKS (1 7/8) 1 3/4" × 15" B/BKT 10 5/8 H/SET. STD. 12 SPEED BRAZED ON PIP, 10 SPEED TUNNELS, EYE, T.A. BOSSES BRAKE GUIDES TOP T/T. FINISH YELLOW ENAMEL LUG LINE TRANS. SOLD CUSTOMER. RUSS GIMSON S. Standard