I've checked the rear dropouts, and on the outside of the left dropout "G5662" is stamped. Does this help at all ? I'll have a look at stearer when I clean up the headset at the weekend.
Thanks,
Stephen Sanders, Wolverhampton, UK
Hilary Stone wrote:
> Poyners was a shop in Leamington Spa - twenty five years ago I had a
> Carlton International frame with what appeared to be original paint
> and Poyners transfers - I would be pretty certain that Carlton sold
> frames to Poyners for labelling with their own transfers. Carlton
> frames normally have a frame number on the rear nearside dropout
> starting with a single letter. Its worth checking the fork steerer
> too. If no number is present it's quite possible Carlton did not
> number the frames they sold to bike shops for their own name. This
> frame I am sure is a Carlton from c1959-65 - the details are all very
> Carltonish.
>
> Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
>
>
> Stephen Sanders wrote:
>> I recently was donated the below frame by my club to ride track
>> league this
>> year
>>
>> http://i3.photobucket.com/
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>> http://i3.photobucket.com/
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>> http://i3.photobucket.com/
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>> http://i3.photobucket.com/
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>> Does anyone have an idea of the maker or year ? The red colour is a
>> bit of a
>> sloppy re-spray, and Poyners is a now defunct bike shop in Wolverhampton
>> (UK). The only identifing mark on the frame I can see is "HB" on the
>> underside of the bottom bracket shell. The bottom bracket itself is
>> Brampton.
>>
>> To try to tie in with the "HB" I emailed Henry Burton's, but it isn't
>> one of
>> theirs. John Burton mentioned the head lug looked similiar to one
>> used by
>> Crown in Birmingham, but I can't find anything about them on the web.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stephen Sanders
>>
>> Wolverhampton, UK