nick dibble
Retro Newbie
I have picked up a old frame with Harry Quinn stickers but after stripping all the paint off it has columbus drop outs and Gipiemme rear brake bridge ,any ideas please
It did come with harry quinn transfers on it and it is short wheel baseHmmm.... interesting. Looks like a serial number on the dropout. Hard to read it; 1881?
No cable guides on top of bottom bracket shell with and downtube shifter bosses means its likely late 70's/1980's. The Gipiemme stamped bridge is typically late 70's/80's.
No holes for head tube badge meaning a transfer was used.
Mudguard eyes don't appear on many italian or continental made frames, more of a British thing. It might be a Harry Quinn... i've seen him use the same head lugs and they used a transfer head tube badge, but i'm sure they put the serial number on the BB not the dropout. Harry Quinn made short wheelbased machines... does it have a short wheelbase? with mudguard eyes probably not.