Of course it it could be an old repaint from later in the 70's. The bike seems to be a color scheme simialr to the later Team Pro. I thought maybe the color scheme might be what constituted a "Limited Edition". But if you follow the auction link to RetroRaleighs there is another "Limited Edition" in the more brown and silver. So if not the color, I haven't a clue what's so "Limited" about it. RetroRaleighs describes (but no photo) that Limited Edition decal on a 70/71, so if it was repainted, the owner would have had to source a very rare decal. On the other hand, I didn't think Reynolds was using the TI Reynolds decals shown in the acution until much later than 1970, although Raleigh sometimes had Reynolds decals no one else did.
REgardds,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: George Allen <jgallen@lexairinc.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] ebay find? Limited edition Raleigh Pro, #281/500
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 10:56 AM
> I emailed the seller asking if it was
> a repaint because of the red
> color. He replied that he had no idea. Does it look like a
> repaint to
> you guys? It has all the right decals and they do look
> old.
>
> George Allen
> Lexington, Ky
> USA
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