Frame

8824

Untraced

Received “26 Nov” with no year written anywhere on the sheet, so year and order date are omitted; delivery promised eight weeks, no deposit recorded. The first name is a short fast scrawl read as “Ben”, though the vowel reads as much like an “a”; the street is read as “Weddecombe Lane” and could as easily be “Widdecombe”. A telephone number is written on the address line ahead of the district. The headset is simply “LATER”, and several geometry entries are ticked as if checked off against the build.

Ordered: 26 Nov
Tubing: 653
Frame: 22¾ (ticked)
Top tube: 22 (ticked)
Angles: 73° / 73° (ticked)
Forks: 1⅜" rake, the second figure left blank; Aero Cinelli crown
Ends: Super Record
Chainstays: 16½"
Seatstays: Duo-Taper, Fastback A.K. seat lug
B/bracket: 10⅝"
Headset: Later
Wheels: No mudguard clearance (YES struck out)
Brazed on: Gear lever bosses, “10 underneath B-Bkt” written above the brazings line, diver's-helmet brake eyes LHS at 45°, two sets of TA bottle cage bosses, braze-on changer lug for a 52 chainring (“52 Ch'ring. Braze on. Changer lug” under OTHER DETAILS)
Finish: Pearl White, lugs lined “No”; transfers D/T normal, T/T black etc, Superbe on forks and rear stays
Customer: Ben Burgess, Clifton

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