Sinnerman has asked me to post this here as it's very relevant to the history of Orange, I'm sure he will be along soon to chime in
I've stripped out some of the build stuff as you can find that on the build thread and the Tushingham Resource Pool.
An update on the Early frame Tushingham as promised in the Dec 2018 BOTM thread.t
I ended up with a couple of Tushinghams last year and they were to be 2018 projects the plan was to rebuild the early frame as a factory/shop spec. with Exage Mountain and the late frame with something else
Parts collection for the late frame is ongoing and will be completed shortly....hopefully.
The sourcing of Exage Mountain has been frustrating, some parts appear to be biodegradable - brake levers/shrouds, Cranks have the longevity of a firework and good condition rear mechs are mythical....so I changed tack (Pun almost intended) and decided to move up a groupset that was still year correct and could have easily been retrofitted, so Deore MT60 was then sourced for the build.
Start point of the early frame, it bounced around various owners here before I ended up with it.
The colours, here-be the first problem...., the original sales brochure states Fluorescent Orange (Standard colour with the RAL code 2005) and Diamond White, the frames are actually Pearlised White, my frame builder/painter who has been in the business 30+ years said Diamond White and Pearlised White are different colours, so I had the frames painted in the colours that they were originally...identified from parts of the frames that were uncovered when removing components and still showing unfaded original paint - Standard Fluorescent Orange RAL 2005, and Pearlised White (Code temporarily misplaced :facepalm: ) The same Pearlised White used on Muddyfox Courier's.
Early and late frames.
General frame views.
Ignore the block paving abortion, they are coming back to sort that out! :facepalm:
Chainstay mounted U-Brake, late frames the U-brake is mounted on the Seat-stays.
The rear mech cable actually passes through the U-brake lug on its travels.
Nice heavy lugs..
Panaracer Ibex
Early Tushingham decal style
On with the 'B52' now......
If anyone has a genuine 'Muddy-Orange' they would like to part with, I'm after one....
Andy
