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Foreigner65
1970s Ron Cooper. I'd posted it to the Current Projects chat and miscellany thread. Sticking it here for completeness.
I finished this a couple of weeks ago. Other than a lot of cleaning and polishing, I didn't do a great deal with it, other than swapping out a few non-period parts. It's got a 65mm shell, which is a weird old standard. A couple of washers allow a standard 68mm BB axle to work. Gonna stick a brake on and use it on the road mostly.
I grew up near Ron's shop and really wanted one. I could never afford/ justify the extra cost of a handbuilt frame, so I made do with a second-hand Geoffrey Butler - still a great frame.
The seat cluster and perfectly-curved forks were Ron's signature, as were the occasional cut-out on the lugs. Oh, and he built his frames without a jig, as he believed a jig introduced unnecessary stress.