Anyone know what make this is ?

[Con]

A friend of mine got this form a charity shop yesterday he wants to restore it for a bit of fun. Just wondering if anyone could identify it and has any information on what it should look like originally ? Any help would be appreciated

 

[wisdom]

Don't know the make sorry but it's an old beauty.Never find anything like that in charity shops round here.
Would make a very nice project though.

 

[Cycleops]

That's not a bit of fun but a serious project! It will take a lot of work and research to bring it back to unable condition not to mention money.
Better pictures are needed to identity the make and model.
Lovely old bike, good luck.

 

[biggs682]

Does it matter ?

Just enjoy

 

[Con]

That's not a bit of fun but a serious project! It will take a lot of work and research to bring it back to unable condition not to mention money.
Better pictures are needed to identity the make and model.
Lovely old bike, good luck.

Oh he absolutely lives for stuff like this he's always tinkering with things. You'd be amazed what lurks behind that garage door it's 40ft deep and full of big boys toys. The tandem is in surprisingly good condition everything works as it should it's just that it's been hand painted by a blind man I think .

 

[Con]

Don't know the make sorry but it's an old beauty.Never find anything like that in charity shops round here.
Would make a very nice project though.

Yeah I couldn't believe he found it he said he was just driving by the place and saw a man taking it in so he went back 30 mins later and parted with £10 for it .

 

[Randomnerd]

You might post on the Tandem Club forum as well....

 

[HLaB]

I don't know but I like it

 

[classic33]

Royal Enfield?

Any sign of a badge on the headtube or any numbers on the frame?

 

[raleighnut]

Nice, not a Scooby on what it is though (other than being a Tandem)

 

[simongt]

I would hazard late thirtes / early forties. Interesting to note that both chains are on the right; not seen that on modern tandems, but may have been the norm back in the day.
One of our local LBS know a thing or two about old tandems, but he's based in Norwich.
As suggested, the Tandem Club is probably the best place to begin researching. Good luck with the project.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I would hazard late thirtes / early forties.

Could it be a Pashley I wonder? The geometry is definitely very old-school, which is typical of their frames.

 

[pubrunner]

. . . . . . . and parted with £10 for it .

It's a bargain.

Go on Ebay and check out the price of a headclip headset - as fitted to this tandem.

It'd be interesting to know what other components (make & model) are fitted.

I would hazard late thirtes / early forties.

I agree with this ^^^, at the latest, it looks to be end of the 1940s.

 

[nonowt]

had a scout around. There's a 1938 Hercules "Lady Back" tandem that's pretty close here although I'm guess other manufacturers used similar designs:

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/ncl/pics/Hercules catalogue 1938 (V-CC Library).pdf

there should be a date code on the Williams chainrings which can be deciphered via the Classic Lightweight website.

 

[Con]

Sorry I haven't replied for a while I've been in Greece on holiday. That Hercules looks very similar doesn't it. I don't know how far he's got with the tandem the last I heard was he'd got some "old new" tyres for it and had cleaned some of the chrome apparently it had come up quite good. That was two weeks ago I'll probably find out more at the weekend . Thanks for the info guys .