Originally Posted by
cudak888
About a year (?) ago, I acquired a rough, incomplete 1936 Sports Tourist frameset from @
nlerner - I think it was some sort of a trade on a whim. Don't recall. It's been sitting around in a lineup with a bunch of other old Raleighs in the shed.
-Kurt
Nice to see that one getting some new life! I bought it from a local seller who was cleaning out his parents' house, and this his/hers Raleigh set had evidently lived in their backyard out in the New England elements for pretty much the second half of the 20th century. I've never seen bikes in rougher shape, but that odd black overspray seems to have preserved some original finish. Maybe it was applied during WWII in an attempt at a "blackout" look!