Could really do with some help identifying a frame I just collected. Tis a Raleigh with the markings as follows :
Frame number WN7001820.
Original Decals are Reynolds 531c on seattube, 531 Ti on forks, GVD with an O through it decal ?, this is just under the 531c decal, a decal saying this is an original raleigh on lower seattube close to BB.
I am understanding that the frame number =
W - Worksop
N - October
7 - 1977
001820 - the actual production run number
It is in red - white - and blue. It has a cinelli BB shell, Gipiemme dropouts, tight geometry ie: race clearances.
The whole conundrum has got me flustered because it looks like a 1987 model / version because of the oversized rear stay ends (last pic). The pics will tell more than I can. Its just that the date doesn't seem to match the frame design.
Any thoughts, information would be really most welcomed. I get the feeling it is a 1977 Jubilee model (celebrating Queens jubilee in 77), but the shape is just not right .... "ahead of its time ?" A possible re-use of date codes is my thinking. Tia, yours Laz.
PS: Is that a cinelli crown too ? It looks familiar ?
Frame number WN7001820.
Original Decals are Reynolds 531c on seattube, 531 Ti on forks, GVD with an O through it decal ?, this is just under the 531c decal, a decal saying this is an original raleigh on lower seattube close to BB.
I am understanding that the frame number =
W - Worksop
N - October
7 - 1977
001820 - the actual production run number
It is in red - white - and blue. It has a cinelli BB shell, Gipiemme dropouts, tight geometry ie: race clearances.
The whole conundrum has got me flustered because it looks like a 1987 model / version because of the oversized rear stay ends (last pic). The pics will tell more than I can. Its just that the date doesn't seem to match the frame design.
Any thoughts, information would be really most welcomed. I get the feeling it is a 1977 Jubilee model (celebrating Queens jubilee in 77), but the shape is just not right .... "ahead of its time ?" A possible re-use of date codes is my thinking. Tia, yours Laz.
PS: Is that a cinelli crown too ? It looks familiar ?