New to me Harry Quinn

[biggs682]

Just back from my first 1.5 mile ride on this new to me Harry Quinn flying machine .

A nice mixture of campagnola Strada and early 105

And just for @midlife

 

[AndyRM]

That's lovely. The paintwork is beautiful.

 

[DCLane]

Prettier than mine, with yours looking to have been renovated and upgraded:

 

[Cycleops]

How does that Beatles song go?
" How many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hall".

 

[midlife]

Nice a proper one and not a Falcon. There is a Harry Quinn frame register to check the frame number. Can't make it out on my tablet.

Just looked again and it has no chainstay bridge, I wonder if it's a Pongo frame that's been refinished. Can you make out the number? The Q in the number if it has one might be made of a zero and an l

 

[Smokin Joe]

Late sixties/early seventies by the look of those drilled lugs and chainrings.

 

[midlife]

Chainrings are factory Sakae Ringyo from the later 70'sl

https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=34a48246-0405-42cc-8ab4-d277b18f65c5

 

[biggs682]

Can you make out the number? The Q in the number if it has one might be made of a zero and an l

Dropped the fork out and at first couldn't see anything, then a quick wipe down and I caught a glimpse of Q4??? .

From what the previous owner of 92 told me the frame was gifted to him by an ex cycling buddy a number of years ago, and he had refinished by Mercian who also built the Mavic Open pro sup wheels and it was last ridden about 4 years ago.

 

[biggs682]

Sorry I forgot to add pictures of what I found when I dropped the fork out 😃

More drilling.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Biggsy, that is just gorgeous mate.

 

[biggs682]

Biggsy, that is just gorgeous mate.

Not going to argue with you at all , i am tempted to go and sleep with it in the garage tonight

 

[newts]

That's a beauty, is it a keeper?

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Not going to argue with you at all , i am tempted to go and sleep with it in the garage tonight

Well, in the massively unlikely event, you ever get fed up with "her", let me know fella

 

[Spiderweb]

Just back from my first 1.5 mile ride on this new to me Harry Quinn flying machine .

A nice mixture of campagnola Strada and early 105

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And just for @midlife

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I love that, Just stunning❤️

 

[midlife]

Q4 is mid 70's, just about the time they were drilling and slotting steerer.... And chain stays lol.