Originally Posted by
juvela
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Very nice intake; thanks for posting.
1971 a somewhat late date for 151BCD. makes me wonder if birthday perhaps a bit earlier. alternately the chainset worn at intake may not have been original. 151BCD a good temporal fit with the Record rear mech.
have you identified original HS? it is not the usual Alatet so often fitted. appears Thomas D. Cross Continental Prima.
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....I was just going by the serial number on the frame, Y 7936. The guy I bought it from liked to tinker with his bikes, so I'm not sure the parts it came with are much help.
The wheels it came with were less than admirable, and I did not find the side pull brakes to be especially appropriate to the bicycle.
The Wayback machine link to Carlton dating would put a Y serial number at 1967, but the serial number is stamped on the BB shell, not on the rear dropout, so I'm not sure this is correct. Anyway, somewhere in or around the late 60's/early 70's is good enough for me.
I wanted to use that old crank, but there's no way I could push a 54 chainring any more. Not sure I ever could.
