The wiring you mention does indeed enter the chainstay and there's another wire entering the underside of the downtube. If it's possible, what appeals to me is to remove as much rust as possible without losing surviving finishes and then arresting further deterioration - let the bike age gracefully.ĮDIT: I done you wrong, QV. I like the idea of retaining the bike's 'history'. I would like to make it rideable, but the thought of doing a hard core restoration on this seems almost criminal to me.

I'd guess the light's wire went to the positive terminal of one of those dreadful bottle dynamos with the frame earthing the whole deal. The wiring that 'seems to enter into the chainstay' is just a severed length of wire going nowhere. I shudder to think what might have happened to this if they got to it first. I crossed paths with half-a-dozen scavengers while I was walking it the kilometre home on Sunday night. I'm thinking I may have dreamed the whole thing. But it does look to be in fine condition. Where is that rear light wiring going? It's split at the rear rack mount, but the other end seems to enter into the chainstay.

QuangVuong wrote:I find it amazing youre able to find that in our area, esp before the scrap metal collectors. When I got it home I lifted it by the seat and felt something unusual - turned out to be a nameplateĭon't know what I'll do with it (I'm open to suggestions), but it appears to have all the original components and I reckon it could be returned to working order without replacing anything (except perhaps that tyre). In the dark, I didn't notice the embossing on the saddle when I was rolling the bike home, but I do remember thinking it looked to be in remarkably good shape I have vague memories of seeing something like this before, but the suicide part of these levers are Dia-Compe and the life affirming parts of the levers are Weinmann. I'm inferring from other Raleighs that N might refer to Nottingham, L to December, 64 to 1964 the year and 01908 meaning it was the 1,908th frame of that design. I've not been able to find anything online explaining this serial number convention, but NL6401908 appears on the rear top of the seat tube.

I can't date it with any certainty, but it comes from the days of dork discs done properly I'm not sure how special it might be, but simply discovering it in suburban Sydney makes it magical I couldn't believe that any exotic finds were to be made in Sydney anymore, so you can imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this BSA Granada the other night thrown out for council clean-up. I've noticed throughout this thread the only interesting finds are made in isolated backwaters.

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