Holdsworth frame id please?

[robrinay]

I was just lucky enough to be driving past as the owner leant it against the skip. I chatted to him / he’s a bike enthusiast and had owned it for years but never got around to fixing it up. He was pleased to give it away to a good home. I’m sure your skips are as good as ours. It all depends on the area. The skip was in Ecclesall where average house prices are £279,000 which doesn’t sound a lot if you’re from within commuting distance of London but ‘up north’ its plenty.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

£279k buys you a pokey studio flat in one of London's rougher neighbourhoods, that's about it. Or, in the more select areas it will buy you a lock-up garage to park your car in! My really cheap, far-east import skip bike actually came from the Chelsea/South Kensington area! I rather suspect it was an abandoned commuter bike that someone heaved into the skip as it was lowering the tone of the area....

 

[Fab Foodie]

The wrap around stays suggest a ‘professional’ as does the Campagno gearing. Please don’t powder coat but get it professionally restored.

 

[midlife]

Professional frames had no mudguard eyes plus a few other differences from a Mistral. . I'd go for a wet finish every day of the week but not within everyone's budget.

 

[robrinay]

I can get it wet finished by a local car body shop whose owner has sorted several of my cars in the past and four fibreglass garden chairs come to think of it. - I’ll check it out ta.

 

[robrinay]

I’ve got the frame back from the shot blasters with its ‘two stage’ primer coat. There’s a bit of ‘orange peeling’ and a bit of corrosion pitting but nothing serious. I’ve given the worst bits a rub over with wet and dry after an application of Holts Knifing putty to the pitting and a light coat of Primer Filler, so when it stops raining I’lll be able to start with the top coat from a couple of rattle cans. I’ll do the forks first and f it turns out rubbish I’ll take it to the professional. I’ve chosen ‘Olympic Blue’ a Ford car paint as the closest match to the original main colour I found when I scratched back the re-paint. The frame number on the forks matches the frame and is clearly 29875 so it’s a 1965 frame.

 

[robrinay]

It sprayed nicely with hardly any overspray so I did the lot with several thin coats till I’d used two cans. I find the rotary drier makes a good paint shop as I can turn it to allow me to get any breeze behind me and if the grass gets painty it’ll grow out.

 

[robrinay]

Masked up and white bands spayed in.

 

[Dave Scrimshaw]

Only just found this post. Yes I would see this as 1965 frame number, that circle in the number looks too small to be a zero. If correct it is close to a number we have with production info for April 65. So I would narrow this down to 1st quarter 1965.

I have attached a clip form the Excel file on this link and added your number.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B62q1UtsrkVVWUZYSTNKZkN4TmM

 

[Leaway2]

A bit late to the party, but this is good stuff
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/rus...MIo5aCgoHJ2gIVERIbCh0TkQOKEAQYAiABEgKRn_D_BwE

 

[robrinay]

A bit late to the party, but this is good stuff
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/rus...MIo5aCgoHJ2gIVERIbCh0TkQOKEAQYAiABEgKRn_D_BwE

Thank you I’ll check it out at my local Machine Mart as I’ve just run out of Jenolite.

 

[robrinay]

Only just found this post. Yes I would see this as 1965 frame number, that circle in the number looks too small to be a zero. If correct it is close to a number we have with production info for April 65. So I would narrow this down to 1st quarter 1965.

I have attached a clip form the Excel file on this link and added your number.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B62q1UtsrkVVWUZYSTNKZkN4TmM

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You’re correct it is a 9 - there is a much clearer matching stamped frame number on the steerer tube. There’s a pic of the number on the street tube in one of the above posts - 13th April (I’ve got the frame back from the shotblasters ....),Thank you for confirming it’s an early 65 frame.

 

[robrinay]

Rebuilt with Weinman RM19 wheels Schwalbe Active tyres and original block which I’ve found isn’t original as the 24 tooth gear catches the top jockey wheel so I’ve bought a nos 14/22 tooth 80’s Shimano block from greedbay. Just the bar tape and decals left to sort.

 

[robrinay]

Sorted!

 

[midlife]

Well and truly