Ladies Jack Taylor project

Ive been looking for a Ladies Jack Taylor for a while. Mrs ducks Whitcomb is a little small and i love the ride on the JT that i have.
Saw this on t'bay and was amazed that i was the only bidder. Got it for £375 which is about what ive seen them go for before. When it arrived was chuffed to find that the paint is in super shape and even more surprised when i checked the frame number registry and it was made in 1966! Can it be original paint? Im pretty sure its Taylor paint.

Wow, so nice.

Took it apart and cleaned it, no problems. Will probably transfer most of the stuff from the Witcomb onto it. Might need a new chainset.

What a find, looks mint as you say. With pinstriping this delicate I doubt it was done outside of the Jack Taylor workshop.

lovely !

I was watching that frame to see how much it went for. You got a good deal on a cracking bike and I'm glad it ended up in a good home. What are your plans for it? Are the parts currently on it of the right era?

That paint is in amazing condition! My girlfriend rides one of these frames but it has been refurbished, sadly without the boxlining.

Thanks, yes its good to know there are still some good buys to be found on ebay.
Of the stuff that was on there there wasnt much worth keeping. The chainset is probably period but very cheap cotter pinned steel. Gears, mudguards, rack, bars all fairly modern. Might use the wheels but the spokes are not stainless and look a bit tatty.
Not looking to be period correct so will probably transfer most of the nice bits from this...

That chainset is a campag victory but i might get a velo orange single for it (110 bcd) so that i can put a smaller chainring on.

That Whitcomb is fantastic, I always regretted selling mine. Is it internally routed rear derailleur cabling? Looks like it would fit my girlfriend if you're considering selling it ;)

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I can see why you regretted selling it! I am going to keep mine though, at least for now. Its teeny tiny, a 47 cm seat tube and i think my lad will fit it this summer so will build it up for him. Both front and rear gears are internally routed....going to be a tricky build!

Never seen that type of routing before, nice.

Well, this is taking a while. Im waiting for chain set, bb, mudguard stays and a few sundries all ordered mid march and lost by couriers at least once, reordered and hopefully here this week.

Non period correct builds on frames this nice hurt my mind!
That frame is in astonishingly amazing condition, congrats on such a score!

Needs Williams chainset..

Finally got all the bits. Might need to change the dt shifter to a bar end one, we'll see. Went for the VO chain set so that i can put a smaller chainring on for the Eroica, currently has a 44 but I've got a couple of small old cx chainrings i can use. won't look very pretty but will keep Mrs Duck happier.

That is super nice. Good work.