Mystery flying scot

I recently acquired a nice Flying Scot from a guy who used to 'exhibit' it in vintage vehicle rallies in Scotland - he also restored lovely old Norton motorbikes.
Anyway I have placed a gallery of photos of this mystery bike on Flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/borderglider/sets/72157626698575794/with/5710874506/
You can see it as a SLIDESHOW on Flickr via this link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/borderglider/sets/72157626698575794/show/

The mystery is that he told me that the bike was 'original' - although he had hand-painted it at some time. I have previously owned a Flying Scot which came complete with all-Campagnolo chainset, Cinelli bars and that level of gear. This Scot has Raleigh steel wheels, Sachs Huret derailleur and changers and GB Coureur '66' brakes, plus Raleigh handlebars and a Milremo stem. He told me that this was the way that the bike had originally been built - and implied that it was very old.

The bottom bracket is Nervex and is stamped '5-95H' - although it could be '5-85H' (obscured by paint_.

If anyone has any advice on what year this might have been made I would be really grateful to know.

Also, is it likely that Rattrays would ever have supplied Scots with Raleigh steel wheels and Sachs Huret derailleurs - the cranks are 'Custom' alloys but I think the chainwheels are stainless steel.

The bike is far too tall for me - it is a 60cm seat tube and the crossbar stands 33 inches off the floor - my inside leg is just 30 inches; so I may be looking to swap it for a smaller Flying Scot if I can find one in similar condition.

Nice characterful machine
love metallic paint jobs like that even though they well soft.
wraparound stays like on the Woodrups hey.
good luck with finding another one anywhere

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Looking at the component, it seemed to come from another bicycles (Possibly Raleigh as you've pointed out).

The frame appear to be sound though, but as Sherms said, best to check with the CR people.

Big guide to dating ye olde flying scots, based on bottom bracket stamps and the like, here: http://flying-scot.com/rattray/scot_detail/pages/frame_numbers.html

I don't think the components on it tell you that much about its history. In those days, handbuilt frames like yours were supplied as frames, not as complete bicycles. The buyer would be responsible for the components, although they might have ordered them through the builder and got them to build it up.

Yours is a lovely frame but it is fitted with what was in those days, cheap components. Assuming the components are contemporaneous with the frame, I would say it is a late 60's to early 70's.

' H' dates it as a 1958 model...

I told you the components tell you little about the history :-)