Howdy folks,

This one I couldn't resist but my shopping spree is certainly done! I've managed to sell as many frames and bikes as I've bought this year, but a few more need to go before I add any new builds to the bench.

I first saw this frame built up with a Sturmey-Archer IGH for sale on eBay UK in June 2018. I could not afford it then and the seller was not offering shipping to the United States. I saved a photo of it and was very inspired... It came up for sale as a frameset a couple of weeks ago and I noticed it late at night here a few hours after it was posted and it already had twenty watchers. I went to sleep fighting temptation, woke up and saw that it hadn't sold and clicked "buy-it-now" before my coffee was done brewing.

Based on the serial # it dates between 1951-52 and the frame was rather recently restored but lacks a clear coat, has the wrong 531 tubing decal, and the double box lining is much too thin compared to a number of Carltons of this vintage I have owned or examined. The paint is pretty rough in a few places but the fresh chrome still gleams. So, it's ripe for a new paint job!

For now, it's getting stashed away to complete a pile of four frames that I plan to restore, which all happen to have identical measurements - 24.5" seat tubes (c-t) and 23" top tubes (c-c). My other Super Python has the same.

-Gregory