clover-leaf cutaway lugs - what marque?

[nonowt]

I've got my eye an unbadged mid-late 70s bike that has clover leaf cut-outs on the seat cluster and the head tube lugs but nowhere else. what do we reckon it is? Mercian?

 

[midlife]

Could be a Mercian Strada Speciale or one of Roy Thame's. Any pics of the seat stays?

Stonking looking frame

 

[nonowt]

I think you might have cracked it - this Roy Thame Campionissimo looks very similar. Plus it's located near Holdsworth country:

http://theflyingwheel.blogspot.com/2016/12/79-kg-roy-thame-campionissimo-tt.html

seat stay is fairly standard for the time (not shot-in like the one above):

 

[midlife]

Seat stays are deffo not a Strada Speciale, my money is a Roy Thame as the builder drilled clover leaves into everything in the 70's lol ...... or an unknown jobby

 

[nonowt]

Thanks!

...Yep, Roy Thame seems the most likely. Very similar to the one above and the Campionissimo Road version in this catalogue:

http://threespeedhub.com/catalog/roy-thame-catalog-1970s-uk/

i'll keep on keeping my eye on it! I have it in mind for a friends who's a mere 6 foot tall. Wondering if it might be a tad small for him...