For Sale: Rare ~1948 Stronglight Cranks Type 45/49

For sale:

Immaculate condition pair of ~1948 Stronglight Type 45 (often mistaken for Stronglight Type 49). They are solid forged from "High Resistance Steel".

These cranks are as rare as hens teeth, and since I bought them over a year ago, I have only seen one other set, ever... and they were on e-bay.fr

The cranks are designed for a single chainring for track use, or could be used as two or three speed on the road (With an adapter)

The condition of these cranks can only be describes as brilliant; They have been re chromed using the more durable "Triple Plate" method. All original chrome plating was removed in such a way as to retain all the original detail. The job was undertaken by classic car specialist "Silvabronz", who have over 20 years experience in dealing with priceless antiques, car/bike parts and other valuables.
There is a small (<1mm x <3mm) flake in the chrome on the non-drive-side crank, up at the cotter pin-way. This is so small, and would be covered by the washer on the cotterpin, that it is not worth worrying about. There is also a similar sized flake on the drive side pedal thread, caused by a lack of pedal washer at some point. Again, would not be seen in use and is purely cosmetic.

All the threads are English, and in perfect condition, and the cotter fixings are also perfect.
The pictures (attached, and high res) speak for themselves, I think. I am looking for £120, delivered - either by me within London or North Hampshire or posted with insurance/recorded/whatever outside of said places. Again, these are rare, and do not come up for sale often(ever?)

I understand that this will not appeal to most people on here, but there will be some interest, I hope.

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I would like the morning crowd to see these, and just to say, I will take serious offers too.

Very pretty...

The chrome looks very pretty, any idea how much they charge.
I have a pair of these cranks and may get them done.

pm'd.

Me too please, might get a fancy old stem rechromed...

ach, too many pm's. Silvabronz aren't in London. I paid around £25 per crank, IIRC. Might have bee n£30, I can't find the invoice atm. It's not an environmentally friendly process, they use chemicals to strip the old chrome and then triple plate is bad too it's zinc, then copper, then chrome, because zinc sticks to steel, and copper sticks to zinc, and chrome sticks to copper, but chrome doesnt stick to steel and nor does copper... if you get what I mean...

You can go single plate and it's cheaper...but not durable.

Cheers dude, will look into it...

Price dropped.