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jeff80, glad this popped up, looking at a later 1957 Superbe project bike which is maybe 90% original/complete and after a spray down and wipe over with wd40 is in fairly good order(not as rusty as it appeared) wavering more to a damn good clean and polish and the rougher patina befitting it's age than the full strip down and re-paint.
I dated mine as a 56 SA hub (4spd dyna rear hub) and a 57 frame, although i am not sure on the frame, and a lot of Superbe's where made. I did notice that the frame dating guides are not super accurate for some models and claims Raleigh have re-used serial numbers over varying models over time.
While our bikes are very different, but fairly close in age, something on yours has caught my eye.
On your frame you appear to have 2 grease-nipples, (head tube/BBshell) are they both standard/original fittings ? or later shop fittings for the owner ?
I have a similar fitting on my BB-shell but it appears to be a flip top oil port and is on the drive side of the shell, i haven't noticed a head tube port (and the bike is tucked away again until i get round to collecting it)
Still looking for info and manuals on mine before i start playing with the electrics :)
Will be following your build, can't wait for the re-paint, i will blame the yanks for the ebay prices on bits :) as a lot of my looking around has been on american sites who really like doing the full works and better than new showroom condition rebuilds(thus not so many parts about)