A bit late on a reply to this one. I have a Carlton Cobra from 1968 with
block CARLTON logos on, it looks VERY different to the Cobra in the 1977
catalogue you mention. The RD and other components is the same however
the acrylic panelling is totally different (and much more tasteful), more
similar to the 1970 Cobra yet more tasteful still;
http://bulgier.net/
Best
Julius Naim
London, UK
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:34:11 -0800 (PST)
> From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Cc: rhillery@hawksi.org
> Subject: RE: [CR]Carlton - 2 part question
> Message-ID: <200712051734.lB5HYBmc003337@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
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> Jerry Mortimore (www.carltoncycles.me.uk) has a 1977 catalogue for
> Carlton, and it in that year, they went to block CARLTON logos the
> seat-tube, downtube, and forks, and dropped the lagoon-blue color
> (which was also dropped from the Raleigh-Carlton lineup, too.)
>
> The mid-70's catalogue here :
>
> http://spokessmann.tripod.com/
>
> is actually the last few pages of a Raleigh catalogue, so the high-end
> models are not included. I have this catalogue, plus a similar one,
> both are mid-70s catalogues +/- 1 year.
>
> If your bike has bocama lugs (like a Raleigh Gransport, which was
> offered in lagoon blue), then I'm guessing it could be a Carlton
> Kermesse, which is a mid-range bicycle, 531 forks and DB main tubes
> only. If your bike has Campagnolo dropouts, then it's probably a
> Professional model.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA