Frame Id ... Poss. Lincoln Imp or Viking?

[classic33]

Viking site http://classicvikingcycles.com/head-badges/

Viking "Mileater"?

 

[Daddybus]

Cheers mate but none seem to match In all details or any in serial number... I may be barking up the wrong trees & its a big forest of bikes

 

[classic33]

Is the full serial number visible?
Viking did two letters then nine numbers. That from another site.

 

[Daddybus]

I believe so & its only ..2 letters /3 digits./ 3 letters
(** I mght remove all the paint under the bb just in case to see if there is another number**)
..but then I'll still be left with the above code, a new number & the 4 digit seat tube number lol!

 

[Daddybus]

Because of the 3 or 4 digit numbers I'm sort of leaning towards a low volume frame builder... It is butted 531, it may have had a head decal rather than a badge (no holes) & it appears those lugs may be a proprietary style ....the search continues....

 

[mikeymustard]

We should get a lug id guide together, a resource of old adverts and photos of known examples, or is there one out there already?

 

[classic33]

We should get a lug id guide together, a resource of old adverts and photos of known examples, or is there one out there already?

One already out there.

How about the links used!

 

[mikeymustard]

One already out there.

How about the links used!

Whereto is it?

 

[classic33]

Whereto is it?

Something like this http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components.html

 

[mikeymustard]

[Makes the thumbs up sign] brilliant, I've actually read a couple of those before but never come across the contents page!

 

[classic33]

[Makes the thumbs up sign] brilliant, I've actually read a couple of those before but never come across the contents page!

Two more on the Colnago thread, so is it worth keeping a list of the links we use?

 

[Daddybus]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111989118144
This is very similar... Same lugs & dropouts front & rear, seat stays are slightly different & pump pegs on top instead of down tube

 

[Daddybus]

Update- still no joy on identifying this so I stripped the paint off the head tube looking for clues.... Nothing, nada, not even a trace of the original colour or filled in or brazed up rivit holes, so I assume it must have had a decal rather than a metal badge. Would this be significant in the identification? My original guess of Lincoln imp or Viking would appear to have been ruled out (I'm pretty sure they had metal head badges) ...ho hum, back to square one then #frustrating!!