1987 Raleigh Avanti *****Finished*****

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MADB":2z0z3vi3 said:
That's harsh :shock:

Sorry, pun not intended ;)
 
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MADB":25zr0t5q said:
Cracking job you're making so far :D
That's harsh :shock:

Any here is the frame number it's meens absolutely nothing to me but I hope someone can shed some light on it.

Cheers.

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From the picture I read the frame number as:

WS701?890 - cannot really dechiffer the 6th digit :oops:

Anyways, your frame number translates into:

W: Worksop factory (closed in 1980 and all production transferred to Nottingham; stop of usage of "W" in 1990), so in reality Nottingham factory build
S: month code; "S" being December
7: year of manufacture; thus 1987
01?890: Serial unit production number
 
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Cheers and thanks.
Im going to try and get the frame into Chris Marshall for it's new pain next week, it will be about 3 weeks until I get it back but it's worth it. The fame/forks etc will get properly checked and made good before painting and his finish is very nice.
 
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Great work on the mechanicals and the wheels. The transformation on the spokes is superb - how did you do that!
 
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Wire wool, a dab of autosol and lots of patience. I was going to get them re built with stainless steel spokes but I'm spending all my cash on getting the frame repainted but I'm happy with them now. Cheers.

Cheers.
 
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Tyers now sorted and look nice on the shiny wheels. They might have cost a boat load of cash but only 675g for amber walls, made these a must have. :cool:

 
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I pretty much have every sorted for this now apart from the cable outers, still don't have the frame back from Chris yet, so cable outers do I

Fit black as normal.

Fit white as I like them.

Or something a bit more radical and fit light blue at the front and white on the back following the same pastern as the frame.

What do you think?
 

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