For Sale: R J Quinn 531 Frame - Lovely Chrome Lugs, Ends & Stays - 1960s or 70s

R J QUINN FRAME & FORKS. REYNOLDS 531.
£195 inc postage (within UK. Pickup in Edinburgh)

****SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD for £165.00******

R J Quinn - Ronnie and Jack, were brothers of Harry. There's a thread here - http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=106588 - for the interested. I believe the family had a falling out. Hopefully the frame doesn't have bad Karma!

****SALE IS FOR FRAME & FORKS ONLY HEADSET ALSO NOW INCLUDED*

54cm Seat tube c-to-c
55cm Top tube c-to-c

1960s or 70s I think.
Frame no is: WA89JR
Reynolds 531 - All tubes and forks
Campagnolo ends on fork and frame
Very nicely made frame with long point Prugnat lugs.
Original paint, lovely metallic pinky metallic / pearl (it is touched up a fair bit in places).
Beautiful Chrome, near perfect. Rear ends. Fork ends. Head lugs.
Beautiful, ornate original crest.
Mudguard eyes
120mm rear spacing
British threads
27.2mm seat post

Condition
Paint is original, which I always prefer, but is therefore not pristine.
Chrome on the other hand is close to perfect. There's a rough patch on one stay and maybe a tiny bit dull on forks, otherwise it's unbelievably good.

In terms of paint, it has had a fair bit of touching up to retain the original finish and protect areas that were scratched right through. Also, BB shell has been primed and painted in matching colour, as it had a rusty cable guide removed so needed to be painted. (Detailed this in photos below). Also quite a lot of touching up of paint at seat collar. There are plenty of other scrapes and scratches you'd see on close inspection that have been touched up, but all in all decent original paint that retains lovely original decals. I can provide enamel model paint and spray that is a decent match if anyone would like that included, should have some.

And the negatives:
There are a couple of indentations in seat tube at derailleur clamp. Stripping bike down tonight so can add photo. It's invisible when mech is on. Looks more like someone overtightened at some point rather than it ever being dented by something. Reynolds 531 sticker is missing. I absolutely guarantee it 531 as I stupidly removed the sticker when cleaning up the frame. Originally this was covered in a gummy sem- transparent layer (protection) and I sacrificed the sticker. 99% sure it was 531 all tubes and forks.

Sorry there's tons of photos. I just wanted to make sure it's shown in detail. So hopefully a fair and accurate impression given, no surprises. I think it's very lovely, but as stated not pristine. But exceptionally nice to have original chrome and paint. Rides very well, and have enjoyed greatly for the last three or four years. It's hopefully giving way for a weirdly almost identical Harry Quinn in a smaller size for my wife.

ps. These were for sale on Retrobike/CTC. Have marked threads as Sale Moved and removed images and details. Hope that is sufficient, I can't delete the threads.

Oh, and I will include the headset. Tange Nuovo Record copy. Running smooth.

You'll find larger versions and more photos here: http://utilitarium.tumblr.com/archive/2014/2

Click through each a couple of times to see much larger photos.

(And a fiver off the price to bring it under £200 and justify the very early bump.)

Someone grab this!

Lovely bike - if it was only a couple of sizes bigger!

Thanks. I wish it was smaller... Then I wouldn't have needed to buy a new frame for my wife!

Anyway, just stripped it down tonight. So it's ready to go if anyone bites!
I'll aim to take some more photos of frame / forks stripped down to show it like that too. Might be a few days away though, as it's still always dark when I get home.