[CR]Claud Butler - 54 cm c-t-c - eBay - Rescue-Help!!

From: "Raoul Delmare" <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>
To: "C.R. List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Bruce C." <BruceCumberland@comcast.net>, "Jeff at Mrazek" <JRBURNARD@aol.com>, "John L." <ENTKWEST@aol.com>, "Barb R." <br_Brarian@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 09:27:42 -0600
Subject: [CR]Claud Butler - 54 cm c-t-c - eBay - Rescue-Help!!

Help !!

Lost in the colonies , can't find way back home !!

Claud Butler

Abused old frame

With terrific rear dropouts , and those mid-stay mud-guard fitments , and a grease / oil fitting on the bottom bracket shell .

Beautiful sky-blue color

Abused old paint

Bare frame , no front fork

Plus bottom bracket cups ( Claud Butler adj. & T.A. fixed )

Built-in headset cups ( no mention of races )

PLEASE , could somebody rescue it ??????

And , the trivia-contest questions for today :

1.) What's the purpose of those extra slots , behind the normal axle-slots , on the rear dropouts ?? The left one has been cut or broken off . But if you look closely , you can see where it was . The normal ( vertical ) slots have their open faces pointed towards the ground . The extra ones are pointed towards the sky .

2.) What model might this have been ??

3.) What year might this have been made ?? ( Because I enjoy leaving myself open to humiliation , I'll make my first guess 1948 , and my second guess 1938 . )

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No Connection With Seller
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas