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I went over to see a lovely 75 year old guy last night who has 2 Harry Quinn mid 70's racing bikes. Both bikes were built specifically for him by Harry Quinn. Over a cup of tea he recounted his numerous racing victories through the 60's and 70's, and still races tandems with his wife.
The 2 Harry Quinns have Campagnolo record group sets, Mavic tubs and are minus saddles, handlebars and pedals. Unfortunately, he had them both resprayed white a few years ago by a company called Venom. They are possibly the worst resprays I've seen, and to add to the insult they are fitted with Venom cut vinyl gold graphics.
I know to do these bikes justice, they need a Bob Jackson, Mercian or Brian Rourke strip and respray, plus new decals. That will run to around the £120 - £140 mark.
I think there's a deal to be done at £150 for both bikes. My idea was to restore them both and sell one of them to finance the other. With the missing bits that's going to bring them in around £350 each.
From a search around Harry Quinn prices seen to be all over the place from £200 to £800.
The question is, do I go for it or not?