Frame

8720

Untraced

The date received reads only “3 Aug.” with no year anywhere on the sheet, so none is given here; no deposit or frame-number-era clue fills the gap. Most of the left-hand column carries small ticks as though checked off during the build, and ink blots sit over the H'bar and clip-pip lines. Delivery promised “4 weeks if pos.” A telephone number is written beneath the address; the fork rake's first fraction is read as ⅞ but could as easily be ⅝.

Ordered: 3 Aug
Tubing: 531 ‘C’
Frame: 24" — “Racing 700c” ticked alongside
Top tube: 23"
Angles: 73° / 73°
Forks: 1⅞" x 14½", Cinelli Razor edge crown
Ends: Campag Record
Chainstays: 16½"
Seatstays: Duo Taper FASTBACK
B/bracket: 10⅝" height
Headset: STD
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses yes (2), Campag tunnels, three guides to the top tube, two sets of TA bottle cage bosses
Finish: Pearl white; yellow, blue & red fading
Customer: Roger Newton, Wollaton

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