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Just to tidy up this thread here is the answer... :D http://www.flying-scot.com/gallery_page ... cosse.html http://www.flying-scot.com/frame_pages/frame_d1.html Thanks for all the help.

I'm in Bathgate. A trip to Drumlanrig is easy peasy. Last time I went through there it was shut. Look before you leap :oops:

Thanks. :) I'm in contact with Bob Reid of Flying Scot website fame and we're trying to contact this owner (now in Brisbane) to obtain higher-res pics. The ones we have become too pixelated to reproduce once they are enlarged. I really need someone with an L'ecosse to take close-up high res...

Goodness me, that was quick. :D I've searched the Flickr group pics and could find nothing but I'll look for Mr Panda and send him a note. Thanks.

I've established that the supposed Flying Scot frame about which I posted an earlier question is in fact a L'Ecosse also made by Rattrays. I now need to reproduce the downtube transfer for the re-furb. To this end can anyone please supply me with a hi-res square-on pic of the downtube badge...

Had a deep micrometer down the seat tube. 26.9. So 26.8 post. Is that any help?

Cheers for that. Local guy has 'pinged' the frame and reckoned it's all A&P. Is that better than 531 or what? Local guy reckons it's stiffer.

Answering my own posts now :idea: . Seems it's the logo of Accles & Pollock. Looks like I've got Kromo fork tubes if not the whole frame. come on folks. any ideas where the D 1 frame number originates? please. Local bike guys are saying it's almost certainly from the early/mid fifties.

Another clue. Wire brushed the right fork and revealed this. Small oval with 'Molybdenum' clearly visible in the lower half. Does this indicate to anyone the type of frame material?

I've got a 27.2 pillar and it almost, nearly, but not quite goes in. Don't know by how much to wedge the slot open till it might/does.

Tnxs. Hear what you're saying. I made a mistake calling them 'Simplex'. Rattrays used this type in the 40s and 50s calling them Stallard. From Bob Reids FS web... http://www.flying-scot.com/rattray/scot ... _ends.html .

Simplex rear drop-outs and front fork ends Rattrays definately used this rear brake bridge in the mid fifties... And very rarely this seat tube termination. The frame is 22" seat post. Weighs 4lb 8oz and 6lb 2oz with the forks. 1" steering tube and English BB threads...

The story so far. Having felt the need to re-create my childhood I answered a Gumtree ad for a 'Flying Scot'. Now, having tried to prove it's heritage, I find myself with a nice frame but one which is probably not a Flying Scot. I've submitted the following pics and details to Bob Reid and he...

Reply to my own post and I can upload from Photobucket. Sorry if this is against rules. :oops:

Cant seem to upload pics using the forum software. The attachment box sees the path but a preview wont open the pic. Any ideas folks?

Thanks. I'm in Bathgate and will take you up on your offer. Unable to send pm till I have another couple of posts. I'm still constructing a story for the forum so it will be fairly soon.

Thanks for the reply Gordy. By a quirk I'm also in W Lothian. Unfortunately for me the bike in the pic was sold somewhere about 1966 when, like most other kids of that era, I got addicted to Lambrettas. I just posted it as a way of breaking the ice, and apologies for not making that clearer...

All. This is me... Or at least it was in 1963, aged 14. Sadly, just a tad older now but certainly none the wiser. Found this forum after a Google search cos I'm in need of the usual help in identifying a frame. Thought it might be a Flying Scot but that is now in doubt. I'll start another...