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Thanks for the replies. My suspicion about the head bearings and handlebar stem is that my brother may have replaced them when he was setting the bike up in the seventies. Would that make sense? I guess it wouldn't be a surprise if the forks had sagged after clocking up the miles this probably...

Hi, My dad's old bike frame from the late 1930s/early 1940s has been languishing in the garden shed for a while. My brother rebuilt it in the 70s so most of the running gear (at least what's left on the bike) is not original. I last used it about 20 years ago but it needed a serious overhaul...