Thoughts on identifying old Triumph bicycle

[FrankCrank]

There are some good vids to watch on utube about these style of bikes, particularly those by MonkeyShred. He's done a few sympathetic restores of bikes from this era, by which I mean rod-braked.
You can still buy these type of bikes new over this way, they come from China I believe, and you sure get a of steel for your money. They certainly look bombproof, and as mentioned, best suited to flatter areas.
Got an old Rudge back in the UK at my mum's house, just as a garden ornament, in danger of collapsing under it's own weight any time soon

 

[Paulus]

Yes, but it doesn't match any of the accepted serial decode info I can find - more info in my first post, including what I have been able to deduce / guesstimate from it. I'm a newbie to this sort of thing with bicycles, so thoughts on those deductions / assumptions would be appreciated, especially if anyone knows more about the serials for that era of non Raleigh branded but Raleigh built bicycles.



Ah, I was more suspicious of the rear one. What gives the front one away as being the replacement,

I think the front wheel is anodized, from the photo the rim is black, unless it has been painted. I believe it would of been chrome.