My first post on this amazing site, and a request for some help.
I purchased this frame in the late 1970s, it was second hand, had already been re-sprayed and had no badges. Consequently I've never known anything about it. It's been in the garage and has been used a general hack for the past 30-odd years, and it's now time I found out more about it, and maybe restore it to its former glory.
It has wrap around seat stays, and chromed forks, seat and chain stays. The distance between the centre of the bottom bracket and the top of the seat post is about 22.5 inches, the angle between the seat post and the top tube is about 72 degrees and the wheelbase is about 41 inches. According to our bathroom scales the frame weighs just over 7 pounds and the forks about 2 pounds.
It has matching frames numbers on the bottom bracket and on the fork tube. The number is 33156. There's also another rather feint number, either 126 or 426, stamped on the bottom bracket.
I've attached a few photographs.
I've trawled the internet and it seems that it might be a Holdsworth Mistral, but I'm not sure. Would appreciate any help to try and confirm the marque and vintage of the frame.
Many thanks.
I purchased this frame in the late 1970s, it was second hand, had already been re-sprayed and had no badges. Consequently I've never known anything about it. It's been in the garage and has been used a general hack for the past 30-odd years, and it's now time I found out more about it, and maybe restore it to its former glory.
It has wrap around seat stays, and chromed forks, seat and chain stays. The distance between the centre of the bottom bracket and the top of the seat post is about 22.5 inches, the angle between the seat post and the top tube is about 72 degrees and the wheelbase is about 41 inches. According to our bathroom scales the frame weighs just over 7 pounds and the forks about 2 pounds.
It has matching frames numbers on the bottom bracket and on the fork tube. The number is 33156. There's also another rather feint number, either 126 or 426, stamped on the bottom bracket.
I've attached a few photographs.
I've trawled the internet and it seems that it might be a Holdsworth Mistral, but I'm not sure. Would appreciate any help to try and confirm the marque and vintage of the frame.
Many thanks.