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This is the rough plan. The frame is 1938/1939 according to the Sun numbering system, which I'm told is the same on the Parkes branded frames. It's got a clip headset. I'm building it up with mostly 50s components or at least 50s-looking. I've built some wheels up with early 50s Fiamme sprint rims and round hole Normandy hubs, 32/40 spokes front/rear. I think it's a Philips 48T chainset. The saddle is a 60s Wrights W3ST. Got some French bars which I'll wrap in black cloth tape. Got a selection of Villiers fixed gears. I haven't decided on brakes yet, but I've got some Mafac drop levers and Weinman 730 callipers to get me going. I'd prefer one brake but I'm not sure how it'll look with those levers.
Jonny69
Funny this thread should pop back up. I've stripped the paint off my Parkes frame today.
Naked! I thought the blue was the original colour, but under the blue there was clearly a gloss black layer. I had actually matched up some paint quite closely to the blues, both Rover colours: Henley Blue for the light and Tahiti Blue for the dark. I did quite fancy changing it to black, though, and since I now know it was originally black, it's going to go black. I'll pick out the ends by hand in gold pinstripe.
I've also given the saddle a good going over. Reshaped it, lots of Dubbin underneath, a light coat of Dubbin on top and then two coats of beeswax. It's come up quite nicely but I'd probably give it a coat of shoe dye on the bare leather if I did it again. A job for next time, when my bum has rubbed all the wax off...