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Well this build is nearly done, just some toe clips to fit to this 40 year old fella. The overall build cost has been around £130. Old parts are becoming more and more expensive. Biggest outlay was on a proper period saddle which came in at £38. The rest was a mixture of new and s/h parts. This will make a nice, simple, dry weather mount. Ive kept as close to the mid 70s Corsa spec as possible bar a few updates which include an alloy seat post and alloy wheels. Just about everything else is bang on. I'll eventually change the brake hoods to the Carlton black rubber covered types but the hoodless ones are OK for now. The stem will probably be changed for a GB one at some point. The whole machine was made up from a number of parts hanging around in my workshop which included; frame, rear wheel, brakes, handle bars, chain wheel/cranks and gears. The overall 70s look is very much completed by some shorty mudguards which I had from another Carlton build years ago.
Well this build is nearly done, just some toe clips to fit to this 40 year old fella. The overall build cost has been around £130. Old parts are becoming more and more expensive. Biggest outlay was on a proper period saddle which came in at £38. The rest was a mixture of new and s/h parts. This will make a nice, simple, dry weather mount. Ive kept as close to the mid 70s Corsa spec as possible bar a few updates which include an alloy seat post and alloy wheels. Just about everything else is bang on. I'll eventually change the brake hoods to the Carlton black rubber covered types but the hoodless ones are OK for now. The stem will probably be changed for a GB one at some point. The whole machine was made up from a number of parts hanging around in my workshop which included; frame, rear wheel, brakes, handle bars, chain wheel/cranks and gears. The overall 70s look is very much completed by some shorty mudguards which I had from another Carlton build years ago.
