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841020

Untraced

The date carries no year, so none is recorded; delivery was promised “FRI 19”. The town is written only as “L.E.”, most likely Long Eaton but recorded as written, and a telephone number is jotted in the margin beside the address block. Small ticks sit beside the size, top tube, chainstay, fork-rake and B.B. lines, as if checked off during the build. The surname is read from a fast hand and could as easily be Ruden.

Ordered: 7 Sept
Frame: 24½"
Top tube: 22¾
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 14⅞" x 1⅞"
Ends: Campag Record eyes
Chainstays: 17¼"
B/bracket: 10⅝ height
Headset: STD
Wheels: 27" with guards (“27s GDS” written at the head; sprints struck out), with mudguard clearance
Equipment: “Leave column long. ⅛ for hanger”, underlined (the fraction's reading uncertain)
Brazed on: Gear lever clip pip (“Pip”), Campag tunnels for 10-speed (the printed 5 struck out), lamp boss (“Yes”), “3 Guides” on the brake-eyes line, TA bottle cage bosses
Customer: Mr Paul Rudin, L.E.

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