Offered: Cracked 531 frame. Anyone want it?

Hi
I've got a 22.5" holdsworth 531 frame that had any unfortunate accident with a minicab. The headtube has cracked along the line of the headtube/downtube lugging. Check the pix. The crack is about 270 degrees the circumference of the tube. I've had quotes from various places to get it repaired but all they're well out out my poor man's budget. So before I skip/recycle it, does anyone here want it? It's free, you just need to come and collect it from Archway/Crouch End. Cheers.

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Ouch. sorry to say but it's probably not worth the cost of repairing. :(

how old is the frame, and is the lug cracked at all?

Thinkin' of a project chris? :)

possibly, also thinking of if its worth it, would be to small for me any way, but if its an old beauty it should ride, so if could restore it then find a home for it maybe...

Looks to me like a candidate for a tall bike or something.. http://www.frankenbikes.com/

t's a Holdsworth Corsair from the late 80s/early 90s, so no classic I'm afraid, but it rode real nice. I don't remember the lugging being compromised, but I'll double check tonight.

It's be great if someone could restore, bastardize or use for spare steel, but I do realise that at some point there's nothing else you can realistically do....

i will pass then, sorry, it would cost alot to restore, and i would have no where to store it until i was ready.