Geoff It seems to me that here must have been a number of bike painters in Australia with this level of ability. Malvern Star had manufacturing plants in most of the major cities, each presumably requiring handpainting skills.
If Ray Greenslade painted for Super Elliot, I guess he lived and worked in Adelaide. There is a stunning example of some Melbourne hand painting on a Cecil Walker on currently on ebay: http://ebay.com/
One thing that fascinates me about Australian & New Zealand frames is the way that outdated frame components remained in use long after they had gone out of fashion elsewhere. Assuming that this frame has not been upgraded, it has 1940s lugs and D-shaped forkblades, but more modern Zeus dropouts.
DB Ak, NZ
Geoff Duke <G.Duke@civenv.unimelb.edu.au> wrote: Hi David and List Thanks for the great pictures.I had never heard the name Ray Greenslade but am not surprised.I have never gone looking and those things seem to remain hidden unless you do.I have always been suspicious that Bates cycles in Coburg Victoria was the source of many of the painted graphics seen on bikes in Melbourne.They built frames for a number of shops here as well as their own but may well have contracted the painting out.I will have to ask some questions of those who still remember and get back to the list when I do Geoff Duke Melbourne Australia
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