Welcome to the Taylor Owners Club
What a fine machine! Tour of Britain, the all-rounder, eh? Every bit as good as an Alex Singer audax bike, but you probably picked it up for a song.
The Taylors commonly marked the rear dropouts with serial numbers. The left side one, I think. You may want to check there, if you haven't already found the serial and that's how you're getting the date.
Color would be
light blue flambouyant, I suppose. Jack himself did all the paint.
If you haven't checked out the
Blackbirdsf site, it is the place to go for more Taylor obscura and info. You may be able to figure out the year. Taylor serials were relatively ordinal and straightforward.
If you can find a serial, Mike Thompson (meauxtown at yahoo dot com) will find you the build sheet. At least he did for me!
Sorry for the partial copypasta from the other Taylor thread going on right now. Just wanted to make sure you know what to do!