Help needed with Raleigh SB5778

I posted about this a while ago within another post, but got no help so trying again.

I bought this Raleigh frame: http://www.lfgss.com/thread43346.html (more pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49085745@N05/sets/72157623936086731)

I'm trying to shed some light on it's original colours so I can get it restored but I'm not getting anywhere. I've posted in the Yahoo Ti forum, I've contacted Vernon Barker and Raleigh themselves, I've checked radpropoganda but none of them have left me with any answers.

The frame number (SB5778) leads me to believe it was around 1983, but I've seen frame numbers that are mixed up so that's not for certain. Does anyone have any reference or has anyone seen any track frames from 83ish? I know Team Panasonic colours were 84, and I've seen an 81 frame in the red/yellow w) black headtube but the rear dropouts and forks don't match mine.

Anyone have any idea?

retrobikes good knowledgeable chaps on there someone will be able to help
bike forums try the classic road forum again specialist on raleighs can be found there
yahoo Raleigh SB forum you say Yahoo TI above but there is an SB register and database of frames there are enough that you could check your numbers by those around it and get it determined to within a year possibly less than a year

Thanks dicki.

Do you mean the classic road forum on retrobikes? Or is the classic road forum a different site?

Thanks for your help.

Frames built at the Ilkeston facility have serial numbers that begin with "SB".

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there are both classic road forums on both retrobikes and bikeforums

find the date, find a raleigh cataolgue of that date, pick a colourway..........job done !