I have such a coffee coloured beastie Carlton Corsair GT found thrown away and unloved recently given to me by a nice elderly lady who was fed up with
being in the way!...a very nice bicycle very well made it has now become my
everyday commuter/tourer ... I fitted 700c wheels, Honjo mudgurds( didn't ha ve any fittings so I stripped some off a pair of cracked Bluemells and riveted them on) full suntour gears VX long cage touring rear, 'powershift'? downtu be levers, 14- 30 6 speed 'cogs' Raleigh embosed SR cranks with both rings removable, painted with smoothrite black paiNt total cost £16.25( 2 tins of paint and 1 gear cable)...a real classic prepared in the French touring style( oh and it came fitted with a brand new Blackburn rear rack)
STEVE CHAMBERS CHESTERFIELD ENGLAND.