Reading the description about this Raleigh Gran Sport, one might think the writer was a true Carleton expert, but I think he is engaging in some superlative historical fiction. I remember the white & baby blue Gran Sports as being a really nice, underappreciated model, but 1960? I don't think so. Maybe a dozen years later, but not 1960. I remember the Gran Sport as having decent Simplex delrin derailleurs and Normandy Competition hubs. This one has a Valentino rear, Record front, and Campy hubs. I think at some point, the Gran Sport switched to forged dropouts.
Anyone able to date this bike and know what it would have come with? Mark Bulgier has a '74 catalog on his website that shows the Gran Sport with forged dropouts and a chainguard on the Nervar Star. I'm thinking this one is somewhere between 71-73.
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont