[CR]Hobbs of Barbican experts, please

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:12:36 -0400
From: "Phil Sieg" <triodelover@comcast.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Hobbs of Barbican experts, please

I would appreciate any and all opinions on a Hobbs of Barbican frameset currently on eBay. It can be found at:

http://ebay.com/<blah> http://ebay.com/<blah

or

http://tinyurl.com/8lj3u

or by item number 6571757285.

The seller avers that the transfers are correct, but what little I can find on the WWW shows no Hobbs of the late '30s - Continentals, Continental Superbes or Raceweights - with these exact transfers. All seem to have some form of seat tube panel and generally more ornate lugwork.

Can anyone identify the model or corroborate the dating? Anything else that should be noted? TIA.

Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee