Raleigh serial nos

[bikenut2010]

This one has me confused:
CV83ER
then underneath 53 ( size)

Looks early 80s


Any gurus? :?

 

[biggs682]

i know this sounds silly but that sounds like a coventry post code more than a frame number .

that age are normally on underside of bottom bracker either w or n prefixed .

pics ?

 

[bikenut2010]

i know this sounds silly but that sounds like a coventry post code more than a frame number .

that age are normally on underside of bottom bracker either w or n prefixed .

pics ?

Picture looks like BV82ER or 8V, still a mystery???

 

[moffyr72]

Postcode and house number? CV8 2ER, Common Lane,Kenilworth?

 

[bikenut2010]

Ha! Now I feel stupid, the old dealer sticker is down the road in Leamington Spa :$ thanks!

 

[biggs682]

why feel stupid

 

[bikenut2010]

why feel stupid

serial number on seattube:
NP312358 :roll:

 

[Midlife]

Any more pics of the bike ?

When I worked in a bike shop we always stamped our own number on the bottom bracket and kept a record if the bike was nicked..

As the bike was painted it usually left a raised edge as the metal was pushed aside and it was never in a straight line LOL

Manufacturers numbers I guess were stamped before painting and someone filed the edges flat, also they might not have had a pint of stella the night before (that was all it took in 1977) so could stamp a number in a straight line LOL

Shaun

 

[bikenut2010]

HI Shaun,

Thanks for the info!

here's a pic...

hope u like