Re: [CR]Holdsworth dating...

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:29:15 +0000
Subject: Re: [CR]Holdsworth dating...
From: "Hilary Stone" <Hilary.Stone@Tesco.net>
To: M4Campy@aol.com, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Mike Wilkinson wrote:
> Just aquired a Holdsworth track bike and am curious on
> its age. The serial number is 023435 w/matching sn on
> on steerer tube. I'm thinking early 80's...
>
> Also, bought it sight unseen but looks to be in great
> shape except for a few very minor chips and what looks
> like a nubbin on the bottom side of the down tube that
> is about 9cm from the head tube... Looks like a wart!
>
> Any ideas what this may be? I'll be writting the guy I
> bought it from...
> Without seeing pictures it's difficult to tell but this may be an earlier Holdsworth refinished. The serial number is certainly from the earlier sequence and would place it about 1956-7. However I don't know whether similar serial number sequences were used in the 70s and 80s as well. Hilary Stone, Bristol, England