[CR]bike ID help needed

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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 09:50:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Ross" <dlr94306@yahoo.com>
To: CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]bike ID help needed

Here's a link to a couple of low-res photos of a frameset I just picked up on AU ebay. It's been repainted fairly recently, no decals or head badge. The seller was told by the previous owner that it came from Eagles Cycles in Geelong (in Victoria, AU).

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Eagles-Cycle

A couple of my Aussie-bike-collector buddies have looked at the photos and think that it's fairly early (Eagles opened in the '30s). They also tell me it's quite possible that the frameset was imported and sold under the Eagles name, which was a common practice at the time.

Can anyone on the list identify it, if it was imported? It looks very, very British to me (Norris - are you looking at it yet?). I'll take some better pictures and scan for identifying marks when it arrives. Thanks in advance for looking.

Dave Ross in changeable but rideable...
Portola Valley, CA