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http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/morebikesforsale/SAM_3961_zps89e0beb2.jpg
Got this for under 50 quid including P&P which I thought was quite reasonable. It has a stuck Campag seatpost which probably kept the price down. Will try GT85, ice in seat tube, plusgas in that order to try to get the seatpost out which if works is worth about 1/2 what I paid. If all fails then coke or the last resort caustic soda.
Was pretty excited about it until it turned up like this:
http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=2541&pictureid=15332
Bummer, no box, no bracing for the fork or rear dropouts and hence a trip to Union Cycle Works tomorrow to check if the alignments are all good will be the first thing to do.
Some nice details of the frame includes engraved DLloyd on the top of the seat stays and rear brake bridge and DL on the fork crown. No dents, but one of the bottle bosses was drilled out so need a new one brazed on.
The paint is pretty bad as I can peel off the blue paint to reveal a second layer of metalic silver which is suprisingly in quite good condition. Might just peel everything and see if I can get it all down to metallic silver. There are also some rust patches which I plan to treat with Hammerite Kurust and then give it a lick of paint.
There are no stickers to show what tubing it is but there is a 'Built by Dave Lloyd' sticker at the bottom of the down tube which led me to send an email to Dave Lloyd with the serial number hoping he can tell me which year and what tubing.
Already have a partial Sachs New Success group set and a DA lined up for this build. It's going to be a functional build, so not sticking to period correct bits. Will also start hunting for decals when I have the time, only found thishttp://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&mpt=9590763http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&mpt=6550913http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&mpt=8887712http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&mpt=8887712http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&mpt=7736139http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?ff3=2&pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&item=350442365001&mpt=3925599 which is in the correct type font but without the black lining which is currently on the bike and looks pretty much like this one here: http://www.lfgss.com/thread47971.html
A few more photos from the seller's album:
http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/morebikesforsale/SAM_3962_zps1fa71300.jpg
http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/morebikesforsale/SAM_3959_zps0ef26ae7.jpg
http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/morebikesforsale/SAM_3958_zps2f7bc599.jpg
http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/morebikesforsale/SAM_3957_zpsef0ba540.jpg