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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
Carlton Capella lugs were introduced around 1959 or 60, the exact date is to be found on the Carlton Cycles website. They offered a couple bikes with those lugs in the early sixties; I think forum member Grand Bois has one of those.
After Raleigh took over Carlton they stopped using those lugs until 1973 when I guess they decided to clean out the inventory for good. Maybe someone found a missing shipment. Anyway, sorry Tim, but they really are from the sixties if not earlier, and their use in 1973 was an anachronism.
You can still find them on EBay occasionally.
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