[CR]1960s(?) Falcon ID

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From: "Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 09:40:12 -0500
Subject: [CR]1960s(?) Falcon ID

OK, so I have been wailing about my E-Bay losses a bit. Anyway, in trolling for a project on various list I have come up with some interesting finds. One of these is a Falcon frame (unfortunately missing its original fork - it now has a Univega fork in the same colour). This frame appears to be cheap and cheerful (cost me all of about $30.00 - the cost of shipping). It is in fairly rough cosmetic shape. I have no idea of date, although the previous owner thought 1960s. It is probably not high end - no tubing decal, no-name drop-outs (without adjustors). It has pump-pegs on the down-tube, minimal braze-ons (cable braze-on on chainstay and one on side of down-tube), no rear-der. hanger. It has the pretty Falcon head-badge and has quite elaborate lugs. The bike is white. The down-tube decals are silver foil with Falcon in red - the panel (it wraps around the downtube) is bordered with red and black. The same decals are on the top-tube although badly worn. On the seat-tube are a couple of panels - one with a Falcon in black above the name Falcon (in red) and the lettering "made in Lincolnshire, England". The top panel has Falcon under which is a Union Jack and again "Made in Lincolnshire, England". There are also red and blue bands on the ST framing these panels.

The frame is ST 53cm c-c, TT 57cm c-c. Serial number reads:

PEL 485 M X 1138

Any help on dating and identification would be gratefully received. Also if anyone has an orphaned Falcon fork please let me know.

Paul Williams,
Ottawa, ON, Canada