Withdrawn 1953 Rotrax road frame

[colnagokid]

All original, 70 years old this year, think this might be a Shirley model, frame number 53122 finished in a duck egg blue with remnants of tube & box lining, no dents perfectly serviceable
Seat tube 57cm c- c
Top tube 58 cm c-c
Rear dropouts 115mm for 4 speed or Sturmey
Numerous small surface scrapes but no dents, enamel paint vgc for age
Includes Lytalloy headset & Bayliss Wiley bottom bracket & original wire bottle holder

 

[fiveSixteenths]

Insanely nice and my size too

 

[colnagokid]

I'll take a reasonable offer for it as well....

 

[fiveSixteenths]

I'll take a reasonable offer for it as well....

That’s what worries me

 

[colnagokid]

Haha- nice one....

 

[bagpuss]

Sticks head in next doors sand pit

 

[oldave]

Nice! And they can be really pretty!
And no, I don't still have it...

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

That and the Mercian were lovely, a blast from the past

 

[oldave]

The Rotrax was a lot of work - back to bare metal, rattle cans and masking!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

The Rotrax was a lot of work - back to bare metal, rattle cans and masking!

Your son lined the lugs if I remember correctly.