Peter wrote ;
> Frame was "normal" when it left Rattrays. The extra stays were added later
> when the frame was turned over to touring use, possibly by a later owner.
> The work could have been done by Rattrays or by a local guy with a torch,
> but a later respray at Rattrays made it all look original.
>
I had considered that might be the case, but the paint & transfers -
including the original early '531 butted' transfer were still in place and
it had that patina of a bike that old (The original clearcoat they used
then, that I've seen on quite a few other frames turns soft and can almost
be rubbed off by hand). That's not to say of course that the frame wasn't
refinished by them at a slighter later date. One advancement on this is
that I found the frame I'd seen this on before, and not a track frame -
Alexander Von Tutschek's H.R.Morris on the CR website
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
This has the same additional stay's but with a slightly different attachment to the seat tube.
Bob Reid
Stonehaven
Scotland