Originally Posted by
Sir_Name
Huh. I have what I thought was a ‘71 International that’s a visual match for your competition, importantly including the fork crown. Also the stays and the Anniversary badge. Well, except for the gugificazione on mine. I get ‘71 (maybe late ‘70) from my F507 S/N and here:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/dating.html More Sheldon on ‘70-71 Internationals, different fork crown (not that means much with Raleigh).
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retrora...rnational.html
Curious on what your S/N is and how you determined it’s a Competition. Original paint and decals? Mine of course is not...
Yeah, mine still has most of it's original paint and while the decals are fading, you can still see them in good light.
My serial number is B7430, which the Sheldon Brown decoder ring says means it was built in 1967, but since all the information I've found says the Competition wasn't introduced until 1969, I'm just kind of assuming they built it and then it sat around for a while before it got paint and decals. Or maybe it's a really rare '67 Competition. Who knows?
I believe [MENTION=381793]gugie[/MENTION] has pictures of yours with the original paint and decals on his Flickr page. This is it, right?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gugie/...h/27616950460/