Bill, The 70's CB lettering was a block style (no serifs) and from what I can tell from some of their promotional material was applied in several configurations. Earlier models were lettered on a white band on the down tube and seat tube, oddly, the down tube was arranged like Chinese characters top to bottom, and down tube lettering was applied left to right. Some had down tube with crest with colored bands above and below and lettering only on down tube.
The Holdsworthy Company built these frames in later years, and may be a source of additional information relating to Mr. Butler's hand made frames from the 60's.
Send mailing address off list and I will send Claud Butler picture with lettering and you can duplicate. (block style)
Hope this helps,
Bill, Georgia
On Wed, 28 May 2003 13:59:48 +0000 "Bill Roberts"
<boogiebill@hotmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of renovating my old CB frame, of which the
> frame and
> late forks (sadly damaged beyond repair and replaced with 1980s CB
> forks)
> have been in the family since around 1973. My father aquired the
> frame and
> forks (unbuilt) from a friend, and has estimated the frame build
> date to be
> around 1963. Sadly it was aquired without any components, and
> without its
> original paintwork. The frame number has disintegrated and is
> unreadable.
>
> There are two things I am trying to find out, the first one being
> the most
> important:
> 1. What lettering style would have been used for the "Claud Butler"
> name on
> the down tube? As far as I can tell, there's the blocky sort and
> the
> curly/script type.
> 2. What can I look for on the frame to help me determine what model
> my bike
> is? I've had a look at this site:
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/
> still
> difficult to pick out distinguishing features to place the model
> type.
>
> Depending on the outcome of point 2, it would also be nice to know
> what kind
> of paint job this model would have had.
>
> If it helps, I could take some digital photos of the frame, and post
> a link
> to them to this list?
>
> I hope someone can point me in the right direction.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Roberts
>
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