what year Claud Butler?

[royaloaker]

anyone recognize the frame age?zerk fittings at the headtube + BB, transfer head badge??? frankenbuild w/super record,27" mavics.

 

[Cefnbikie]

I cannot give any info about the frame, but it looks superb, with fantastic lug work. The Campag rear mech cable tunnel looks great, too.

 

[lewisfoto]

Frame looks to be much older than the parts which are a mix of mid eighties Shimano, Campagnolo and Weinmann. Maybe mid 50s for the frame?

 

[Jonny69]

Pretty certain it's a 1950s frame and, as Lewis said, a lot of those components don't belong with it.

It's not a lugged frame. It's got dummy lugs to take up the non-standard frame angles and tubes, with fillet brazing. It made a much stronger frame. There's quite a bit about it on the Classic Lightweights site:

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/bu ... ncent.html

 

[royaloaker]

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no Shimano,double BB oilers,head tube oiler,headset pinch bolt.serial # on the BB; 809936- maybe a 1936 model??? thanks for the link-lots of info,the man was quite a builder of bikes back in the day. note the zerk oiler on this late '30s Butler.

 

[Nob]

Thats a nice CB you have there

 

[royaloaker]

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thanks for the compliment but cyclart deserves a lot of credit.was a mixed bag of bits before I did an 80's era remake.would be nice to know what model & year the basis is.have come to appreciate the make more with all the info this site has contributed.unknown brand here in the US.Happy Holidays.

 

[OldTel]

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Hi, Nice frame, I've seen that colour scheme somewhere before. The serial number would point to it being 1938 or 1948, which is an nightmare as the forties are a nightmare to date, but my gut feel based on angles, top of the seat stay, the grease nipple in the headstock, and the sweeping fork that it is a 1938 but !!! Terry