Lynn,
Wow, that's beautiful, and you're right about the gold HS - schweet. Definitely gotta use the gold Mafac centerpulls with that!
And I can definitely see there's enough "meat" in the head lugs that you can shorten the head by the amount you need.
Give it back to Franklin, I bet they can do it.
Mark Bulgier Seattle WA USA
Lynn Travers wrote:
> I guess the operative word here is rebuild and not restore.
> And I have also decided that gold is the theme. The Edco is
> gold and I would really prefer to use it.
> Go to
> http://209.190.31.210/
> and you will see the frame. Refinish by Franklin Frame.
>
> Go to
> http://209.190.31.210/
> http://209.190.31.210/
> and you can see some of the gold bits I have acquired for it.
> Not pictured is a gold Mavic stem and gold Belleri bars. I
> am not particularly fond of the idea of drilling the stem.
>
> I had gold cranks and rings, but decided that was a bit too much.