Originally Posted by
Dawes-man
By un-joined up thinking... I should have said I thought it was a 1981.
My twisted logic was pretty basic -
My Dawes, from 1979 ~ 1982'ish has the same crankset.
The Carlton factory closed in 1981
An NOS frame was quite likely to have been left over from the upheaval of closing the factory.
The price was really low and I figured low meant later.
I'll crawl back into my corner now and try not to be seen.
One thing is for sure. It is a 1973 or newer with the
RALEIGH block lettering on the down tube. 1973 was the first year for that feature. Good luck with it. Jim