This is my winter bike project and - hopefully! - my tweed ride bicycle for this coming spring. I've dated this bike based upon the serial number G 38519 which, according to one source I've located, indicates a frame date of 1949 (G = 1949).



The 1948 Sturmey-Archer three-speed hub also supports this conclusion.



Interestingly, the frame dimensions exactly mirror my 80's era Colnago:

Seat tube - 60cm c-c
Top tube - 58cm c-c

However, the wheelbase is a luxuriant 107cm!

Other specifications, which I found in a brochure online:

Wheels: 26 x 1 3/8 Westwood
Tires: Dunlop Roadster
Handlebars: Northroad Raised
Brakes: Front and rear roller
Saddle: Spring seat
Mudguard: Special ribbed section steel guards with chromium plated emblem on front
Finish: Bonderised for rust resistance; enameled black lined with gold and red; shiny parts are chromium plated.
Brazed on pump pegs, Sturmey-Archer three/four-speed trigger



And here is what the bike looked like in the original brochure (and will, hopefully, resemble once again in the months to come):



More "before" photos located here.