[CR]Re: Gillott dating

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From: "brucerobbins" <brucerobbins@supanet.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <CATFOODtgx8VUkRacUt0000231a@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:13:05 -0000
Subject: [CR]Re: Gillott dating

Hugh,

Thanks for the Gillott dating advice. I'm hoping to see this frame again in a week or two and I'll check out the serial number then. Can you say when the Edwardes period for Gillotts started?

Thanks again, Bruce
> From: "Hugh Thornton" <hughwthornton@hotmail.com>
> Bruce, pre-Edwardes Gillotts have the last two digits of the year as the
> first two digits of the frame number. e.g. 56xxxx is a 1956 frame. The
> following digits were an ongoing sequence number. I have the original order
> forms for two made-to-order frames and no model name was quoted. I regret
> that I don't know if they generally used model names or not. Interestingly,
> these orders did not even specify the tubing, other than one of them
> specifying a 531 decal in the list of transfers. The other frame, in its
> original finish, does not have a tubing decal.