Jack:
There was a bike on Ebay in 2004 that sounds like what you have: the headlugs did not encircle the headtube, but just kissed the back of it. Here is a comment from back then:
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:45:26 -0800 From: "joel metz, ifbma/sfbma" <magpie(AT)messengers.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Example of minimalist lugwork
the builder, if it is who it si claimed to be, would be jeff lindsey. if it was my size, id be bidding, ive never ridden his road bikes, but his mountain bikes ride like dreams... fantastic builder. nice work on the lugs indeed... if only it were bigger...
-joel
>There is a bike on Ebay being sold by RetroBikes, that has appealing
>minimalist lugwork. It is item # 3663379854.
>
>The builder's name is not mentioned directly, and it is described as
>circa 1972 but the short dropouts look more like 1980 to me.
>
>Those are some slinky seat- and head-lugs. I'll be saving the photos.
>
>Brad Stockwell
>Palo Alto
>
Carb7008@cs.com wrote: Their unique feature is that both upper and lower headlugs do not wrap around or encircle the ends of the head tube as is typical. Jack Romans
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