Harry Hall Query
- Thread starter daveweim
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Presently working on a Harry Hall similar age to yours. It has the frame number (132
stamped into the bottom bracket where the downtube enters the lug.
It also has the fork steerer tube stamped. This has been carefully done - a small section was filed flat and the number stamped into the flatted area. Very neat.
stamped into the bottom bracket where the downtube enters the lug.It also has the fork steerer tube stamped. This has been carefully done - a small section was filed flat and the number stamped into the flatted area. Very neat.
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Agree 100% with what gavr says. I do wonder whether some of the numbering on some of these frames has been lost thru sanding and/or blasting or is just invisible under the paint.
Obviously the stamping will vary with different builders but mine has quite small numbers and these have not been struck very deeply. Until I removed the paint (acetone and a rag) I wasn't even aware that it was stamped.
gavr":tztz4nn7 said:
Agree 100% with what gavr says. I do wonder whether some of the numbering on some of these frames has been lost thru sanding and/or blasting or is just invisible under the paint.
Obviously the stamping will vary with different builders but mine has quite small numbers and these have not been struck very deeply. Until I removed the paint (acetone and a rag) I wasn't even aware that it was stamped.
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Thanks for all your expert replies. I was wondering if I had had been sold a kipper when I couldn't see a frame number but recalling from when I was a kid with a HH (why did I sell it?) the bike is nice and light. Unfortunately it is too small for me so is in the loft and will probably sell it in on in Spring. On the upside I've just bagged a Cilo 531, mix of dura=ace and 600. Know absolutely zip about them but it was a nice colour. Same purple as my my Raleigh Special Products |(Enid) 531 which the other half has now claimed, sigh!
Thanks for all your expert replies. I was wondering if I had had been sold a kipper when I couldn't see a frame number but recalling from when I was a kid with a HH (why did I sell it?) the bike is nice and light. Unfortunately it is too small for me so is in the loft and will probably sell it in on in Spring. On the upside I've just bagged a Cilo 531, mix of dura=ace and 600. Know absolutely zip about them but it was a nice colour. Same purple as my my Raleigh Special Products |(Enid) 531 which the other half has now claimed, sigh!
