Re: [CR] Your Raleigh Pro or Carlton Giro D'Italia

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

From: "Arno Volkers" <arnovolkers@hotmail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:25:49 +0000
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Subject: Re: [CR] Your Raleigh Pro or Carlton Giro D'Italia


Hi Don,

sounds like it needs some good research, i'll upload some pictures when i got the bike, I will check the bottombracket for the serial number!

thanks in advance

cheers

Arno
> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:11:52 -0800
> From: donald_gillies@yahoo.com
> Subject: Your Raleigh Pro or Carlton Giro D'Italia
> To: arnovolkers@hotmail.com
>
> I'm thinking its a repaint Mark II, III, or IV model, because the white Mark I's didn't have the fastback seat cluster.
>
> If you give us the serial number (from the bottom bracket) we'll know for sure. I'm guessing it says Wx4, Wx5, or Wx6 (1974, 75, 76), because those italian lugs started being used in 1973, when the Mark IV was just about to be introduced.
>
> It has the 3-speed logo 'RALEIGH' on the downtube, and the 3-color treatment on the head tube is not a standard practice, and neither are the chromed lugs.
>
> It could, however, be a chromed carlton giro d'italia, which came with chromed head lugs and was otherwise identical to the Raleigh Pro, in certain years ...
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA