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Looonnnnnng time no post......haven't frequented this lovely place for a good few years now - recently had a reminder about it so thought I'd start a project thread for my latest project that I've picked up.
Got a message from a friend of mine about a Reg Harris bike for sale in Norfolk.....thinking Raleigh Lenton (or which I have a couple) I opened the ad to be confronted with a bike with an actual Reg Harris head badge and not a Raleigh.
Every day is a school day as the saying goes - I had no idea that 'ol Reg dipped a toe in the bike manufacturing business post-Raleigh association.
Picked it up at the weekend and I know very little about it or Reg's business exploits. I've attacked the green paint with some acetone and have managed to find the original colourway and the decals (all of which are available from HLloyds).
Initial plan is to clean off as much of the green as possible to see how bad the underlying powder blue / white paint is and then potentially touch in the paint with some localised repairs and then fresh decals.
Here it is as collected:
Got a message from a friend of mine about a Reg Harris bike for sale in Norfolk.....thinking Raleigh Lenton (or which I have a couple) I opened the ad to be confronted with a bike with an actual Reg Harris head badge and not a Raleigh.
Every day is a school day as the saying goes - I had no idea that 'ol Reg dipped a toe in the bike manufacturing business post-Raleigh association.
Picked it up at the weekend and I know very little about it or Reg's business exploits. I've attacked the green paint with some acetone and have managed to find the original colourway and the decals (all of which are available from HLloyds).
Initial plan is to clean off as much of the green as possible to see how bad the underlying powder blue / white paint is and then potentially touch in the paint with some localised repairs and then fresh decals.
Here it is as collected: