[CR]Re: Mark Steven's Garage Made in Heaven

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

From: <CMontgo945@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 00:29:18 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Mark Steven's Garage Made in Heaven

My head may be full of sheepshit and hobnails, but as far as I'm concerned Mark Stevens wins "Best Collection" hands down. Maybe I'm envious of his Steading too.

Craig Montgomery in a very Scotland-like Tucson

Hey Mark, let's trade houses for the month of July. Let's trade bikes too. In fact, I'll throw in my wife and daughter.


> OK, I live in what's called a Steading up here in Scotland. Its a big old
> farm building built circa1850. It's 175 feet long. The upstairs 1/2 is our
> living space, downstairs 1/2 is bike space. The rest is undeveloped, tin
> roof, wooden beams, bare boards with sheepshit and hobnail bootmarks. It is
> for sale.
> Downstairs
> 1946 Gillott Spear road . 22'' Simplex Champion du Monde. 36th built. Lam
> brakes. period respray
> 1947 Gillott Spear road. 23'' Cyclo Olympic. GB Hiduminium brakes.26's
> restored
> 1947 Gillott Curly cut. road.23'' only 2 known to exist. Needs repaint.
> 1948 Gillott Taper tube Spear, 23.75'' fixed Hardens w/Asps. GBHids.orig but
> scruffy
> 1948 Gillott L'Atlantique lugless.23'' awaiting restoration. Osgear ends.
> V.fancy fork crown
> 1948 Gillott road. 23'' Simplex Tour de France. Doherty brakes.Good orig
> finish.
> 1949 Gillott Spear road 23'' Osgear. Hurtu ring. CLB Alp brakes. orig
> finish
> 1949 Gillott Fleur De Lis. 23'' Simplex tourist. Resilion brakes. Period
> respray.awaiting buildup
> 1950 Gillott L'Atlantique. 22.5'' Lugless road.Mass start.Lam brakes. my
> first find and still a favourite. Simplex rod front mech and TdF. Orig
> finish.
> 1950 Gillott Continental road. 22.5'' 1/8th double transmission. Benelux
> rod.GB Coureurs. restored.
> 1952 Gillott Spear track. 23'' Chater Lea with 1" pitch block chain.
> "Feather"lining. Super original.
> 1953 Gillott Fleur De Lis. 23'' road built for HEADCLIP! and Sturmey.
> Awaiting resto.,
> 1953 Gillott lugless tandem. Needs rebuild with period kit.
> 1953 Gillott Taper Tube 23'' Spear road/path. Small for a Taper. Being
> lacquered this week.
> 1959 Gillott Nervex Pro Road/Path. 23'' Fixed, Mafac racers, Stronglight
> 49D. Brooks Campag saddle on steel Campy pin. super original. Soon to have
> Cinelli badged stem and steel bars.Ron Cooper built.
> 1963 Gillott tourer. 22'' Bocama lugs?.FW, Mafac cantis.Ron Cooper built.
> Orig finish
> 1964 Gillott road 22'' Prugnat lugs. restored All period Campy. Cooper
> built.
> 1967 Gillott TT . 23'' Fastback. 5 speed Campy.Vertical d/outs. orig finish.
> Cooper built.
> 1973 Gillott track. 24'' All chrome, TA cranks. Cinelli bars sloping
> stem.Probably an Italian frame.
> 1936 Selbach. 24" frame, fancy lugs, a monster for the 30's.Headclip. Chater
> Lea lugs etc.
> 1950 FH Grubb 21'' one of the last. Cyclo, 26''Asps.Gnutti c/set and
> headset. Excellent orig.
> c 1954 Bill Liddell of Luton. 24.75'' Campag gears and hubs.Orig with
> bouquets of flowers painted on seat stay eyes.Mafac cantis. Pennine Co2
> bottle clip.
> 1949 Ephgrave No 1 24'' Exquisite lugs, scruffy orig
> 1956 Ephgrave No 1 23'' all Orig. Has all bz/ons for 10 spd but only ever
> used fixed.
> 1953 Hetchins Magnum Bonum curly.22'' Coronation transfers(or will be!)
> 1956 Hetchins Experto Crede curly. 22.5'' excellent all orig with script d/t
> logo.
> 50/60/s Hetchins Brilliant curly. Hot rodded with Campag ends.
> 1975 Hetchins Keyhole fastback. 22'' Southend transfers orig. Suntour
> Cyclone, Stronglight.
> 1970? Stan Perry.(Wembley) 23'' Campy GS.Universal brakes Campy vertical
> D/outs.
> 1960 Holdsworth road. 24'' Nervex pro. Lots of Milremo bits.
> 1958 Urago Tour De France, current hack, needs rescuing.
> 1948 Claud Butler USB tandem. Built by Bill Gray for Ron Sherit of the
> Redmon CC. Ron, now dead, and his stoker Pat Wright still hold the RRA
> record from Holyhead to Cardiff using this bike.
> 1947 Paris lugless road. 24'' Extraordinary orig paint. Stencils, flam
> fades, panels, lining etc
> 1940's Humber roadster, twin fork tube model. Sturmey and dynohub. Good
> orig.
> .1930's New Hudson truss frame tandem. Wierd..
> 1982 Itera all plastic bicyle, Even wierder.
> 1982 George Longstaff Aero TT.. Columbus Air tubing. ultra short wheelbase.
> 1983 Holdsworth Aero. 22'' built in comp shop using reynolds 531
> Speedstream.
> 1970's Viscount Grand Sport. 22'' Steel forks. Orig.
> 1956 Raleigh Lenton ladies. Sturmey alloy 4 speed FM orig scruffy.
> ???? Track iron 24'' Miche Primato. Going to have a go on the grass this
> year.
>
> Framesets, some as a "Library" some to rebuild.
> 5 more Gillott Spears, 2 x 1948 (one of which was run over by a truck which
> gets robbed for brazeons., 1950 x 2. A 1951 in the post..Phil? Plus a Fleur
> de Lis just bought on ebay.
> 1940's Hobbs of Barbican Blue Riband prototype (a lug style) Good orig paint
> with lug lining on edge of lugs, not in corner. lining on pump peg and
> chainstay bridge stiffener plates.
> 1940's Hobbs of Barbican Superbe.
> 1948 Rotrax Vel D'Hiv track.
> 1949 Rotrax Super Course.
> 1954 Rotrax Shirley
> 1951 Thanet Silverlight. Summoning up the courage to have it restored.
> 1950's D.W. Lindsay.built in Dundee. Nervex pro.
> 1956 Flying Scot Road /Path. Nervex pro.
> 1940 Flying Scot. Unusual cutouts to Ekla lugs. Period respray.
> 1976 Ron Cooper, red with chrome forks and seatstays . yum.
> 1949 Claud Butler Avant Coureur Bi-Lam. All rounder or Axe head lug
> style.Built by Brian Packer. "P" stamped under bracket.
> 1952 23'' Claud butler Avant Coureur Bi-Lam. Long spear with window style
> 1940's 23'' Percy Barnard. headclip. orig
> 1940's 22'' Dan Genner EXCEL. lugless.orig
> 1939 Carpenter. headclip.in primer.
> 1968 23'' Mal Rees. found in local scrap yard. orig.
> 1953 23'' Armstrong Pro Road. Nervex pro. Orig.
> 1960 24'' Freddie Grubb Comet track. (Holdsworth era) Orig.
> 1950's 23'' Don Farrell Nervex pro. Orig.
> 1930's Hercules Southall Model 3. Orig.
> 1940's Evelyn Hamilton ladies.mint green dulux, ech!
> 1940's Evelyn Hamilton track. orig.scruffy
> 1950's Dawes Realm Rider. Orig.
> 1970's Pat Hanlon. Her own personal 19'' bike. Built by Tom Board.
> 1952 23'' Viking Tour of Britain.
> 1938 21'' Claud Butler Super Velo RR.
> 1970 Tri-ang Junior. Looks like someone shrunk a Moulton. Have a Moulton
> Deluxe too.
> 1960's Raleigh Gran Sport.
> 1950's Raleigh Lenton
> 1949 24'' Holdsworth La Quelda. Lugless
> 1956 23'' Holdsworth Whirlwind. Stamp out and stick fancy lugs.
> 1950's 22''Sun Manxman. orig scruffy.
> 1950's 24'' Allin Stan Butler model. Good orig.
> ???? 24'' Track iron Nervex pro.possibly a Viking but no numbers(filed off)
> 1989 Ammaco Mtb.
> 1995 Saracen Mtb.
>
> I was dreading doing this but it has actually been very useful.
> Mark Stevens in Dingwall Scotland.