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Yeah that is a nicely finished example. The frame whip concept is quite interesting......My dad came home with one of these "from a bloke at work" when I was 12 or 13, 1973 or so.
He didn't bring the wooden rims (!) I found out later. It was Simplex 4 speed IIRC? Also had all the Simplex catalogs.
I was told the frame, "whipped" to help with speed, goodness knows but you could bend it considerably sideways with foot on downward crank pushing sideways. I sadly cannot remember where it ended up as I progressed (or not) to Carlton, Claud Butler and Bob Jackson.
There is a stunning one on Argos site, link below
https://argoscycles.com/items-for-sale/
https://forums.thepaceline.net/archive/index.php/t-217010.html
No respray planned just yet. Just going to tidy up, service and ride for now. In the long term it probably deserves a refinish.......Nice find. What colour respray?
That said I have got a Beugler striping tool and some One Shot enamels - and the opportunity to have a play on a bare frame was not to be missed. I'm not skilled enough to do double box lining yet (and some would argue not skilled for single box lining!) but I've chucked some gold OneShot at the lugs and single boxes on each tube. Pleased with how it's worked out......plus a coat of Polytrol and wax to protect the paint and corrosion its starting to look good.
Borrowed a previously homebrew nickel-plated Gnutti headset (exactly the same as what came off) from one of my '50s Clauds and the plated Resilion front brakes from my '39 Claud tandem......and it's starting to look less "shed-fresh".