A Dawes rebirthed - in continuance

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Nice bike - 70's dawes - got as a frame and done up for number one son.
Yes it's not done in true 1970-s style but this is an object "in continuance" not a static restoration.
Both are imaginative processes.
8 speed.
needs another rear wheel.
but will be nice to ride.
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