It could have been a three speed. I honestly didn't get to look. As I said, the owner was starting to think I was some kind of crazy stalker
It really looked like the 1940s bikes that Sixty-Fiver posts pics of sometimes. Long top tube, tight angle on the chainstay, tall head tube, and very large wheels. Very different from my own mid-80s Raleigh (but mine was a Canadian build, too). Are there any pics of the DL1 that I could compare?