1963 King of Mercia - is it?

[jm]

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I will check the bible later to see if there are caricatures of Spanish or Italian men !!!

 

[Midlife]

Re: Interesting 60's road frame?

Mercian catalogue pic 1968

Shaun

 

[one-eyed_jim]

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The driveside rear dropout on your frame seems to have significantly more 'web' behind the derailleur-mounting hole than I'm used to seeing on a 1010- more like a Simplex dropout. I'm not saying they are not 1010s, just that I've never before seen one quite like that.

I think it's a repair. You can see the line where the bottom half of a second 1010 has been spliced onto the original at an angle.

I was going to tentatively suggest Mercian. There are enough stylistic features in common with my own '56, and 1963 seems a plausible date to me.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=43905&hilit=mercian&start=12

 

[jm]

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Not just the French then,other cartoons in the book are done by Helms.

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: Interesting 60's road frame?

Did someone say the 'M' word??

http://www.merciancycles.co.uk/history/ ... -catalogue

if so...

http://www.merciancycles.co.uk/renovation

 

[torqueless]

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@jm:
I knew I was going to have to 'eat my words'..

 

[legrandefromage]

Last call - is it?

If so, I'll put a budget aside for making it nice as it does need a bit of work.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Last call - is it?

I think so. The position and format of the serial number, the style of wrapover, lugs and crown, position and type of cable stops and pump pegs, and the form of the fork blades all match Mercians of the period. Check out this seat cluster from the flickr Mercian register:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mercianre ... 380591102/

[ from https://www.flickr.com/photos/mercianre ... 3380591102 ]

It's not conclusive, but my money says Mercian. They will check serial numbers against their records - for a £10 fee.

If so, I'll put a budget aside for making it nice as it does need a bit of work.

See if you can get them to honour 1963 prices: frame and forks stove enameled any colour £2 0s 0d ... lugs lined 12s 6d ...

 

[Midlife]

Looks like a Mercian to me but just to throw in a wildcard Viking did turn out some very nice frames around the same time

Tenner well spent asking Mercian though

Shaun

 

[GosforthBike]

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I'm not sure Mercian have records going that far back, so it might be worth checking before handing over your tenner.

It's a dead ringer for an old Mercian that I picked up a few months ago so would support that theory. Sadly mine didn't have the original forks so can't compare them, but everything else is identical.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381636037762