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er. thats me. and. er. tramp? Dont forget the '53 track gillott in the shed, as well as the 1950 upstairs...As for the gillotts, it looks like most of the good links about gillott have been posted already. The ClassicLightweights column by mark stevens is about as good as it gets. Mark's a really helpful guy, incidentally, if you have any more specific questions.
Barrie Witcomb (and ernie, if you run into him) is a great person to just go listen to. Most of the south london shops knew each other, and more than a few framebuilders workedd their way around the circuit back in the day.
as for "valuable museum piece",Gillott are pretty collectible, particularly the earlier ones, or the Ron Cooper built ones (yep. im secretly coveting dangerjoels. except I think he knows..), but there's enough of them around that it souldnt stop you riding it. Converting it to fixed wheel was not unusual.. Just dont hack bits off it :) Colourtech are probably the best local people to touch up the colour. I dont have the number offhand, but if youre stopping by witcomb barrie'll sort you out, or mail me and Ill find it.
jon