Welcome to the list, Brad.
Be sure to check out the Resources page on the CR list, which has leads on severa refinishing supply services. One of them is Lloyds Cycles, an English company specializing in supplying old frame transfers. They do currently list a set of Witcomb transfers in the Specials section, although from what e-Richie writes this set likely won't be exact match for your original set. But at least you could get a"semi-official" set. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/
Also, try Mercian Cycles in Derby, who have supplied odd transfers to me in the past. Very helpful, but they don't have as big a selection as Lloyds.
If none of those work, and you have photographs of the original decals, several of the frame painters associated with the list offer decal reproduction services. I know Franklin Frames has an associate who does this. It's not cheap, but if the graphics "must" be an exact match, this may be your only choice.
Good Hunting!
Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
>From: Brad Potter <bpotter39@comcast.net>
>To: Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com>
>CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Witcomb
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:57:44 -0500
>
>Hi Richard;
>
>Thanks for the additional info - well if nothing else, probably not
>many of these bikes are around -
>
>Brad Potter - Augusta, GA
>
>On Mar 24, 2004, at 10:29 PM, Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
>>hi brad
>>welcome to the list.
>>unfortunately, the decals on the welsh made witcombs
>>were specific to that model and were a pressure sensitive
>>iteration (of sorts) of the london art - but it wasn't the london
>>art. short of making copies, i feel safe in saying that those
>>decals were made and used for two containers worth of
>>bicycles and would never appear again.
>>e-RICHIE®
>>Richard Sachs Cycles
>>No.9, North Main Street
>>Chester, CT 06412 USA
>>Tel. 860.526.2059
>>site: http://www.richardsachs.com
>>pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/
>>rants: http://richardsachs.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Brad Potter <bpotter39@comcast.net> writes:
>>Hi there - new to the list.
>>I purchased a Witcomb frame when I was in college in the 1973 or
>>1974.
>>Built it up with Suntour components and a Wrights saddle. Rode
>>quite
>>a bit and then put it aside. Now I'm back into riding and I am in
>>the
>>process of restoring it. I communicated with Richard Sachs and he
>>is
>>fairly certain that this is one of their factory frames from
>>Wales.
>>Richard has been most helpful and very courteous. The frame was
>>repainted several years ago and the original decals are gone. I
>>would
>>love to get them back on it when I have it repainted. I also spoke
>>with Peter Weigle and he has Witcomb USA decals, but none of the
>>English versions.
>>Any ideas on how I could get either some decals or close-up
>>pictures
>>that I could use to have some replicated? The decals consisted of
>>the
>>typical white block letters spelling Witcomb on the down tube, a
>>"Lightweight Specialists W" decal on the head tube, a Reynolds
>>Tubing
>>decal on the Seat tube, and a small decal that had a small white
>>shield
>>and red cross on it on the seat tube below the Reynolds decal.
>>
>>Thank you - Brad Potter, Augusta, GA
>
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