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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-MEN-GENTS-HOBBS-OF-BARBICAN-RACER-ROAD-BICYCLE-BIKE-23-5-60-CM-FRAME-/353257008398?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292
The seller describes the damage on the down tube as a "small crack".
I think the seller must be on crack!
it's a huge rip and definitely not repairable, without replacing the down tube, obviously totally destroying the original paint work..