'81 Claud Butler Colstar Yumeya/DuraAce #035210 FINISHED p16

[Peachy!]

 

[The History Man]

That’s beautiful.


Even the flutter of the cherry blossom was perfect


I bet it can walk across rice paper without leaving a mark.

 

[Takingabreak]

That is rather nice. I think you may have exceeded the usual Peachy-ness with this.

 

[Peachy!]

Cheers chaps... technical assistance from Our Jimmy made it all possible

 

[Deleted member 69416]

Holy moley .

 

[dwscrimshaw]

Looking Good.

 

[Peachy!]

Looking Good.

Cheers David

 

[JimW]

Your bike is just lovely. I think the Colstar may be the same as the Holdsworth Special - the catalogue entries are near identical. My 1981 Special renovation is pictured below. I used modern 700c wheels with Shimano R650 brakes

 

[Peachy!]

Yes that's exactly what it is, I think Holdsworth also re badged the Elan as the Claud Butler Italia.
Gorgeous looking Special BTW....well done on the restoration.

 

[dwscrimshaw]

Your bike is just lovely. I think the Colstar may be the same as the Holdsworth Special - the catalogue entries are near identical. My 1981 Special renovation is pictured below. I used modern 700c wheels with Shimano R650 brakesView attachment 554747



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Nice, I have an old Special frame that was given to me. Some previous owner cut all the lugs of to make a fixie of it. I have got most of the lug ready to repair it and was thinking of painting it exactly the same a the one you have here having seen that picture in the catalog. Nice to see a real example of it.