Take a close look at the picture of the frame. It could be lens distortion, but the drive-side chain stay doesn't look exactly straight. The head badge may be about the only salvageable piece left from that old soldier.
Cheers,
John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
> From: Dr. Paul B. Williams <castell5@sympatico.ca>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Haven't quite seen this on EBay before --- Now is it possible to avoid Ebay fees???
\r?\n> To: pbrena@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 6:31 PM
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hadn't crossed my mind, but I guess it might be like
\r?\n> selling a brake bolt with the option of buying the whole
\r?\n> caliper off-auction, so to speak. I think that dispossessing
\r?\n> a frame of its identifying insignia is the worst type of
\r?\n> parting out - regardless of whether it is a Dawes or any
\r?\n> other more common framesets.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Paul Williams,
\r?\n> Ottawa, ON, Canada
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Dr. Paul B. Williams, BAH, MPhil, PhD
\r?\n> Instructor,
\r?\n> Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies,
\r?\n> Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 12:15:59 -0700
\r?\n> > From: pbrena@yahoo.com
\r?\n> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR] Haven't quite seen this on EBay
\r?\n> before --- Now is it possible to avoid
\r?\n> Ebay fees???
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Hello,
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > is it possible to avoid high Ebay fees and still sell
\r?\n> a bicycle fair this way?
\r?\n> > not being a frequent seller, I really didn't catch
\r?\n> that much from the recent threading...
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Regards,
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Pablo Brena
\r?\n> > Mexico, Distrito Federal
\r?\n> > ------------------------------
\r?\n> > Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 14:06:28 -0400
\r?\n> > From: "Dr.
\r?\n> > Paul B. Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
\r?\n> > Subject:
\r?\n> > [CR] Haven't quite seen this on EBay before
\r?\n> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> > Message-ID: <COL114-W60F0DCE4B5EA1A16718C04E4F50@phx.gbl>
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\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > I don't think I have seen
\r?\n> > this before - the advert is for the head-badge, which
\r?\n> is still attached
\r?\n> > to the frame! The seller will sell the frame and forks
\r?\n> if the buyer
\r?\n> > wishes!!!
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Would this be considered "parting out"?
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Paul Williams,
\r?\n> > Ottawa, ON, Canada
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Dr. Paul B. Williams, BAH, MPhil, PhD
\r?\n> > Instructor,
\r?\n> > Dept. of Geography
\r?\n> > and Environmental Studies,
\r?\n> > Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada