I bought it LOL. For £250, couldn't resist the allure of a fillet brazed tandem in a mechanically acceptable state from such a good builder. The way the tubes flow into one another is an absolute dream. I don't want to spend big money on a restoration, so will be doing the paint myself. There's still decent original enamel on it & no rust, just nasty areas that have been hand painted in a paint that doesn't match. It's not needed much work to get to a ridable state, although I've yet to get the front hub brake connected up. It seems rare to have the drag brake on the front, but I will be finding a way to control it from the captain's handlebars. Previously it was connected to a thumbshifter, but I'll be using a secondary lever located below the main cantilever front brake lever. I've sourced a suitable secondary lever as I didn't want to go for a dual cable lever (front is canti, rear is U brake so would be difficult to balance). I've bought the proper cable of brake rather than gear thickness with the proper fittings to go on the reaction arm & actuator arm. The most amusing discovery so far when checking out the tandem & going over each component was the track nuts on the front Sachs drum brake hub. Someone had tried to use 3/8" track nuts (standard rear solid axle ?) , but they would have been too sloppy, so they squashed them oval somehow !!! I went to a decent bike shop (Woodsons in Stockport) and we found that it should have been 10MM nuts. I understand that is the standard for proper front track hubs, rather than standard solid axle fronts.
