Hi all
I picked up a really lovely Jack Taylor frame last week that I had purchased the other month.
This set of wheel came with it and as can be seen they have never been used.
The frame is a 1963 Jack Taylor sport that may have been partially built, maybe lightly used and then for whatever reason was put into a loft in about 1963/4. I am taking it that the wheels went in at the same time. They were all in a bin bag and had been moved from one house to another when the wife of the original owner passed. The person I purchased them from was cleaning out his mother in laws loft as she was getting quite elderly when he found this bin bag with a frame and another with the wheels. The MIL only vaguely remembered them coming a long time ago but couldn't remember exactly where it originated or why they went into the loft.
Anyway they are really nice with no real corrosion, some slight pit marks coming up but I am sure these will clean off. I haven't cleaned them yet but they are in such good condition and even the plain gauge spokes are looking pretty decent.
I wondered if anybody could tell me a bit more about them, not their history, but their build, etc. Just thought I would share and see if they may be of interest to see.
They are Sachs hubs, the rear marked 7V W6, the front T6 and are laced to a pair of 27 x 1 1/4 Van Scothorst Made In Holland rims. They have never had a tyre near them judging how clean they are. They were built by 'The Midlands Wheel Company, Birmingham'.
Jamie
IMG_1918 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1917 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1915 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1913 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1912 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1910 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
I picked up a really lovely Jack Taylor frame last week that I had purchased the other month.
This set of wheel came with it and as can be seen they have never been used.
The frame is a 1963 Jack Taylor sport that may have been partially built, maybe lightly used and then for whatever reason was put into a loft in about 1963/4. I am taking it that the wheels went in at the same time. They were all in a bin bag and had been moved from one house to another when the wife of the original owner passed. The person I purchased them from was cleaning out his mother in laws loft as she was getting quite elderly when he found this bin bag with a frame and another with the wheels. The MIL only vaguely remembered them coming a long time ago but couldn't remember exactly where it originated or why they went into the loft.
Anyway they are really nice with no real corrosion, some slight pit marks coming up but I am sure these will clean off. I haven't cleaned them yet but they are in such good condition and even the plain gauge spokes are looking pretty decent.
I wondered if anybody could tell me a bit more about them, not their history, but their build, etc. Just thought I would share and see if they may be of interest to see.
They are Sachs hubs, the rear marked 7V W6, the front T6 and are laced to a pair of 27 x 1 1/4 Van Scothorst Made In Holland rims. They have never had a tyre near them judging how clean they are. They were built by 'The Midlands Wheel Company, Birmingham'.
Jamie
IMG_1918 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1917 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1915 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1913 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1912 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_1910 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr