Herne Hill Hire Track Bike 55cm (possibly Carlton? )

I bought this when Herne Hill were having a clear out a good few years back. The plan was to restore it and return it to the track. Not sure that will ever happen so I thought I'd see if there was any interest here.

I have more photos but am struggling with photobucket. I'll have another go when I have more time (and patience).

Paint is very poor but there don't appear to be any dents or cracks. Bars and stem are cinelli, chainset campagnolo 151pcd but it does have some corrosion, hubs are airline with non matching mavic rims, tyres are pretty much finished.

Is £350 too much? Bike is in se19.

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No idea how to post more than one picture at a time.

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Love this!

I had one from Herne Hill and ole Hilary Stone confirmed mine was a Carlton.
Here are a few pics of how they can turn out with a good paint job:

Gorgeous! If you split, I'd love the frame. Any idea how old it is?

It looks great. Do you know if that is the original colour scheme?

Sorry I don't know how old it is. The frame number begins with an "m" which I'm pretty sure will indicate the year. I'll try and have a look online later.

Cool, looks to be 1964. The want for this frame is strong. Paint is just how I like it.

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I'm not sure that they did cutout flyer lugs in 1964?

I always assumed the LCC plaque was London County Council and according to Wikipedia that was disbanded in 65 so 64 sounds possible.

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£345 anyone?

I'll be taking this to Muswell Hill Jumble on Saturday if anyone wants a look.