Hi All,
I used to unpack / assemble / sell these whilst working for Denton's Cycles in Oxford - so definitely mid-1970s era.
Right at the low end of the Carlton / Raleigh mass-product range of the time and at?Raleigh's lowest ebb (thus far). Gas-pipe tubing, crude lugwork / brazing?and apparently whatever bits they could?job-in or find in the parts-bins (mostly GB and Huret). Poor paintwork?and decals. I remember in particular these monkeys came supplied with horrid Wrights concrete saddles too.
Sorry if this seems blunt / rude / abrupt or simply offends?but I have a poor opinion of most of the Nottingham / Worksop product then. We also sold Dawes and Falcon and their stuff (even the cheapo) was far superior.
You did ask.
Sorry,
Ian "skinned his knuckles fettling?more Carltons that he likes to remember" Briggs LUTON, Bedfordshire, UK.