Ladies Lenton?

[Javabob]

Hello everyone, I picked up this old Raleigh and I’ve a few questions.
Is it a Lenton? How do I date it (frame/SAhub etc)? Any idea of original decals? And has anyone got a chain guard.
TIA
Rob

 

[Javabob]

 

[midlife]

Looks like a 70's Raleigh Wayfarer. There should be a number stamped on the frame, either under the bottom bracket or maybe on the seat tube under the saddle vertically.

 

[raleighnut]

Nice

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

The head tube lugs do arouse some suspicion in me. If it's Lenton era the frame number will be stamped in the seat tube clamp lug, and the rear wheel should have a 40 hole hub with a credible SA date code in the hub casing. Take a look at both areas and report back on the numbers discovered.

 

[Javabob]

Frame number on seat tube lug is 33506 T

 

[Javabob]

Hub seems to only have the model code AW

 

[raleighnut]

Hub seems to only have the model code AW

The hub looks an old one with 'Patent Applied For' stamped into it

There's normally a date code stamped in but I've a feeling PAF ones pre-date that, if there is a code it will only be the last 2 numbers of the year it was made, E.G. 51 for a 1951 hub and so on.

 

[midlife]

T at the end of the number is 1951-52 I think, older than what I thought, mind you they didn't change for years lol..

 

[raleighnut]

The hub looks an old one with 'Patent Applied For' stamped into it

There's normally a date code stamped in but I've a feeling PAF ones pre-date that, if there is a code it will only be the last 2 numbers of the year it was made, E.G. 51 for a 1951 hub and so on.

Searching on t'internet suggests PAF AW hubs are pre WW 11 of course it could be an older wheel put into a newer frame by someone who had 'got one'. how many spokes in the rear wheel ?

 

[Javabob]

40 spokes in the rear wheel

 

[Javabob]

T at the end of the number is 1951-52 I think, older than what I thought, mind you they didn't change for years lol..

Well the front tyre is a John Bull and AFAIK they haven’t been made since the late 50’s

 

[raleighnut]

So what's the plan, a 'sympathetic' rebuild or something more radical ?

 

[Javabob]

Well I found the original colour yesterday along with the waterslide decals. So looks like a repaint is on the cards.

 

[Javabob]

Managed to separate the stem from the forks today so the frame is completely stripped and ready for cleaning/sanding etc.