multimodal commuter
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That's great. Best thing about it: it's not a Raleigh! I mean, Raleigh's are great, but the other English bicycle manufacturers, who all got bought out by Raleigh by the early 60's, used standard threading on BB and headset, and often --as here-- more interesting fender and chain guard designs. Keep your eyes open and you'll see this chainguard on other bikes --Sun, Sunbeam, Hercules, I don't know what. Not Norman, Norman had a slightly different one.
I wouldn't sweat the paint on the fenders. The original fender paint is already ruined, so if you're planning on stripping the old paint and rust off and properly applying primer etc., and then doing the appropriate pinstriping / boxlining.... well, why not? You can even have them powdercoated.
I'm guessing "Standard" is the model, "K" the maker. Any indication what it might stand for?