holdsworth i.d please

[bulldog]

hi all just got this on a whim :?

just a quick spec,ill get more later
suntour v-luxe back mech,weinman vainque 999 brakes,milremo rims,mertens saddle,sistar left crank arm.

cheers

 

[viscount]

Holdsworth

A good place to start with Holdsworth (and Claud Butler) queries is Norman Kilgariffs excellent site here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nkilgariff/

 

[predki]

What is the serial number? It should be on the bottom bracket.

 

[bulldog]

ill have a look asap,forgot to get it before
cheers

 

[sisyphus]

A picture of the lugs might also help.

 

[Midlife]

Lugs look like Nervex Pro ?

Shaun

 

[keithglos]

Guessing, with the early nervex pro and long fork rake (perhaps 2.75 inches?) it's got to be early 1950's.

 

[sisyphus]

And the head badge might help date it?

 

[keithglos]

W F Holdsworth should predate the "Holdsworthy Company" buying the name. But the badge looks remakably clean.

 

[predki]

Headbadge makes it not older than second half of fifties.
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/bu ... worth.html
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