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I was at work one day and one of the lads was going to throw an old bicycle into the skip, I asked if I could have it, he replied yeah give me £15 for it and its yours!!!

So I handed over £15.





It was a complete bike when I got it but as you can see in a very sorry state.








I have since found out it is a 1959 Carlton with a Raynolds 531 frame, worth around £1,000 to £1,500 when completed.

Hope you liked my pics.

Nice Ian =D>

I have a 1959 ATCO lawnmower in the loft, it is a single cylinder Villiers side valve with an Amal carb. My dad bought it the week I was born (I have been promising myself I would restore it for the last ten years, maybe when I finish the KR).

sounds like a job for 'solvol man!'

I used to love my dad's Atco, I think he scrapped it!

got home from the pub one night about seven years ago and bought this raleigh grifter on e-bay (seem to do the pub=purchase thing a lot lately) i had one in exactly the same colour when i was twelve years old, bought it on e-bay for £150, it seemed like a lot of money at the time but now they are selling for £400 plus stuff your isa's

The last two occasions when I have been walking the dogs at my local park I have seen a Red Chopper and an Orange one, both in mint condition

500bernie wrote:Nice Ian =D>

I have a 1959 ATCO lawnmower in the loft, it is a single cylinder Villiers side valve with an Amal carb. My dad bought it the week I was born (I have been promising myself I would restore it for the last ten years, maybe when I finish the KR).

Get it done Bernie and lots of pics .

I had a look in the loft today and found a spare engine complete with carb, so I filled up the carb with petrol (gave it a tickle, and she started second pull

I'm getting there. I have had the lug lining done in gold, period pump, red dot levers and reynolds decals.

Nice job Ian

Luders wrote:Nice job Ian

Thanks Luders.

old racers are cool ive got one from the 80's an old british make a viscount i think in red which i potter about on it could do with a respray and i need to fit a new crank as there is play in mine

SHimmer45 wrote:old racers are cool ive got one from the 80's an old british make a viscount i think in red which i potter about on it could do with a respray and i need to fit a new crank as there is play in mine

In biking parlance its called a bottom bracket, it not a blo.... Twostroke !

A guy in Dorset offered me silly money for it so I have now sold it, he must have really wanted it as he did the 10hr drive to pick it up himself.

I am now on with an even nicer 1968/69 Raleigh Rapier built by the Carlton company that is a keeper, I have bought lots of shiny Campagnolo parts for it and Brooks seat and wooden bar ends, red dot Weinmann levers etc.

The paint will be done by a different painter this time, the guy does all the airbrush art on custom bikes, I will be having it painted in the standard colours but I will be having the front and rear dropouts nickle plated.



A pic of some shiny bits, a Silca pump, which will have a Campagnolo bottom mounting and top umbrella fitting, also I have just bought a Campag gear selector not shown in this pic.

Nice Grifter Pookie, we have a mk1 in the same colour. My 10 year old son thinks it's amusing when me or the wife ride it up and down but it does make you smile.

pookie wrote:stuff your isa's