1950s AS Gillott road bike complete, 24" (61cm) *£50 forum donation only required

One for the oldies, or the oldie wannabes...
My dad's 1950s (we're pretty sure) AS Gillott road bike, complete.
Parts are a mix of Campagnolo Nouvo Record, Record and Gran Sport, Stronglight, Brooks, Cinelli.

Frame measurements are:
Seat tube, Centre to top = 24" (61cm) or C-C = 23" (58.5cm) yeah, sorry, it's a bit giant!
As it is set up he was fine and he is 178cm (ish).
BB centre to saddle top is 77cm as shown.

27" wheels (Campag hubs laced onto Mavic 'Module 3' rims.
Wheels as shown have a 6speed 13-19 block (not a cassette...) plus there is a spare rear wheel (Campag hub laced onto a Weinemann rim with a 6 speed 13-24 block (for climbing I guess;-)
All bearings are good and wheels are straight.

Front mech is Campag Nouvo Record
Rear mech is Campag Gran Sport (Bullseye jockeys wheels)
Brakes and levers are Campag, old Record we think, but happy to be corrected. (The cables could do with lubrication/replacement but they do work)
Saddle is a Brooks Colt (again pretty sure) in sumptuous aged condition.
Chainset is a steel, cottored, Stronglight with 46-36 chainrings
Bars are Cinelli, Stem is 3TTT

It all works, he was riding it up until a year and a half ago.
And don't worry, he's not dead!
But he is 81, and on hip replacement number 2, so I have built him an e-bike, which he hates:-D

So, why is it not for sale?
It has some obvious paint bubbling under the top tube (shown in next set of pics) and is possibly a little bit out of track. So I can't, in all good faith, make a profit off of it. It would just be nice if it went to someone who enjoyed it even a tenth as much as he has. A forum donation of £50, if that sounds fair, and it's yours.

None of this has stopped him riding it very happily for the last 40+ years.
He bought it, second hand, in Howes of Cambridge (they don't exist anymore) in the late 70s.
He never crashed it, so it was probably out of track then! But he has ridden it without issue for decades, last big ride we did together was the DD back in 2012, where he rinsed the lot of us!

Collection from Hither Green please, but I might consider putting it in the car and delivering within the M25, if it seems like a good home.

More pics following, inc illustration of bubbling.

Cheers for looking,
Ivan

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What a thoughtful offer for a lucky someone…

Respect to you. Respect to your dad.

Thanks pal, just trying to extend the love:-)

Lovely bike with a lovely history and a very generous offer. Chapeau!

PM'd

Provisionally gone to Jingle Jangle.

Lovely

Wow, that's really nice gesture and lucky Mr JJ

Exactly what everyone has said, what a lovely thread :)

If for any reason @Jingle_Jangle you don’t want the wheels or spare wheel I would be happy to make another forum donation for them, I’m after a pair of decent 27” wheels.

Noted.

Due to collect on Sunday.

Thanks everyone, pretty sure it has found the right home in Mr Jangle, I've been envying his bikes on and off for years!

This forum has been good to me over the years, even when I've been too busy to really keep up.
Good people having fun riding nice bikes (not sitting in wankpanzers!) that's what keeps me smiling.

Here's hoping AJ likes JJ :-D

Wow! Kudos to you and your dad, Ivan. ✊

Skully!! :-)
Thanks pal.
He's a bit of a legend and I can only hope to be a chip off the old block.

Hope you're keeping well.

Big thank you to @Ivanskavinsky.

Picked this up today. Very excited to get to ride and work on it.

Will start a build thread in due course.

What a wholesome thread! Happy riding jj

Great to meet you JJ, have fun, hope it brings you some days of joy.
Cheers,
Ivan