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Holdsworth c.1969 Advertisement — Mistral, Super Mistral and Fast-Back Super Mistral Frames, Hand Built with 531 Lightest Reynolds Tubing
Source: nkilgariff.com (N. Kilgariff Holdsworth catalog archive) — documents sourced from the V-CC Library; enlarged for Ebykr.
About this document
| Marque | Holdsworth |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertisement |
| Year | 1969 (estimated) |
| Publisher | The Holdsworthy Co. Ltd. |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1 |
| Source | nkilgariff.com (N. Kilgariff Holdsworth catalog archive) — documents sourced from the V-CC Library; enlarged for Ebykr. |
| Credit | Ebykr archive |
| Identifier | Permalink https://nkilgariff.com/Holdsworth%20Articles/HAds1969.pdf |
| Transcription | Transcribed by eye |
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HOLDSWORTH Mistral Frames LONG SPEARPOINT PRUGNAT LUGS. SLOPING SHOULDER FORK CROWN. WRAP-OVER TOP- EYES TO SEATSTAYS GIVE INSTANT RESPONSE TO EFFORT. £17 19 6 HAND BUILT WITH '531 BUTTED' LIGHTEST REYNOLDS TUBING Super Mistral FEATURES INTEGRAL, FULLY SLOPED, FORK CROWN & REINFORCED REAR BRIDGE. CAMPAG. STD. OR VERTICAL REAR ENDS. CHROME FORKS & 10" OF …
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An advertisement for the Mistral, Super Mistral and Fast-Back Super Mistral frames hand built with 531 Reynolds tubing, with prices, and a handwritten note “NOV 1969 ICS”.
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[Handwritten at the top in pen: “NOV 1969 ICS”.]
HOLDSWORTH
Mistral Frames
LONG SPEARPOINT PRUGNAT LUGS. SLOPING
SHOULDER FORK CROWN. WRAP-OVER TOP-
EYES[?] TO SEATSTAYS GIVE INSTANT RESPONSE
TO EFFORT.
£17 19 6
HAND BUILT
WITH
‘531 BUTTED’
LIGHTEST
REYNOLDS
TUBING
Super Mistral
FEATURES INTEGRAL, FULLY SLOPED, FORK
CROWN & REINFORCED[?] REAR BRIDGE.
CAMPAG. STD. OR VERTICAL REAR ENDS.
CHROME FORKS & 10″ OF REAR STAYS.
£23 0 0
Fast-Back Super Mistral
AS ABOVE MODELS, BUT SEAT STAYS SET BEHIND THE SEAT LUG.
BUILT-IN CENTRE PULL HANGER & CAMPAGNOLO Q/RELEASE SEAT
CLAMP BOLT. CHROME FORKS & 10″ REAR STAYS.
£23 15 0
All Finished in any Colour to Choice
Your Local Agent will be pleased to obtain . . .
From the Holdsworthy Co. Ltd. London, S.E.20.
[Two photographs of frame joints, a head lug with fork crown at the left and a seat cluster with stays at the lower right, set around the headline and the three frame descriptions.]
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