For Sale - 1940's / 50's F E Dunning of Willesden Frame

For any of you interested in a bit of good old fashioned steel I have here for sale an older frame built by F E Dunning of Church Street, Willesden. In the day his was one of many small workshops producing lightweight frames in London and I understand Dunnings ceased trading during the 1960's.

Going by the head clip I would say this was built during the 1940's or early 50's. Overall it is in good condition with a few minor paint chips. The attractive transfers are largely intact and could easily be touched up. I've only ever seen one other Dunning; details to be found on the Classic Lightweights site and on one or two other forums where the bike in question appears to have since had a change of owner. This could be built up into a very nice bike with some suitable period kit and would certainly be a fairly rare bird. It is only going because I have too many other projects on the blocks.

Vital statistics are: Seat tube 22.5 inches centre to top, Top tube is 22.25 inches centre to centre, Rear drop out width is 112 mm and the Front drop out width is 98 mm. I am not keen on packaging and posting this but for the price of my train ticket and a cuppa can deliver to London Waterloo. Collection from Earley - RG6, close to the Waterloo - Reading line station also welcome or can meet halfway. I can only upload one pic here at a time but anyone genuinely interested send me a pm with an email address and I'll send as many pics as you require.
A bargain at £125....

Thanks,
Shaun

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I live about 150m from Church Rd where this would have been built - I'd take this in a heartbeat if @mespilus doesn't

Provisionally sold to jdmitch....

Please don't bolt any track ends onto it but please do start a build thread and let us know if you need any help with component choices etc :)

@Shaun_U
@jdmitch
You both have a (the same) pm.