Help identifying a Raleigh frame

Clydethebike

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As the title says.
Possibly going to look at a bike at the weekend.
Same chainstays and headset detailing as a RRA but it's got a pump pin on the back of the headset.
It's silver in colour, 531 etc.
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More photos would help
Not got many currently. I've zoomed in on this one to show the details. Otherwise it's just a picture of a bike.
I do have this picture but nothing more detailed.
Reynolds sticker dates it to post 88/89.
Pump peg was also visible in the catalogs for this year but model dosent match up
Shimano 600 rear mech but that could have been changed.
 

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Looks like a 1983 Competition 12 to me that's been resprayed and has a later 531 decal. Prugnat lugs, top tube eyelets and seatstay caps look the same as a few other models that year.

Could be G.O.D mid-eighties special model? dunno.
 
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Did these head lugs ever get used on 501 bike.
The seller beives it's a 87/88 so possibly a "Competition" but that year its in the catalogue as 501sl...
 
Not sure what is going on here, but the frame does indeed look like an ~'83, but the Reynolds decal dates from the '89-'94 period. Judging by the surface rust the paint is original. :rolleyes:

This is the 1984 Competition 12:

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Not sure what is going on here, but the frame does indeed look like an ~'83, but the Reynolds decal dates from the '89-'94 period. Judging by the surface rust the paint is original. :rolleyes:

This is the 1984 Competition 12:

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That has a fastback cluster. The OP's doesn't.
 
Here's a similar frame - a Competition from between 1983 - 1986. No pump pip though. Lugs and seatstay caps looks identical, as do the cable guides, dt bosses and recessed brake bolts (pre 83 models had nutted brakes and band-on shifters afaik).

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