[Les Crook]

Welcome Jason.

Very jealous I’d love a mk3. Hopefully it will be ready for the club meeting in Sept.

[Ian]

Nice project. You’ll soon discover why it has the extra caliper on the back when you get the Sturemy S3B ‘working’. The front hub is wrong, as you have worked out. You are missing the black with red stripe chianguard, the grips should be black and no doubt a few other details will need sorting. But looking at your Grifter you know what you need to do! Look forward to seeing how the project progresses.

[Jason Himpson]

Thanks for the replies, i have been all over it and there are are a few parts that are incorrect. Alloy levers, bars and headset. It has 1964 hubs. Different crankset so I am going to keep most of the stuff and mint the rest. It will be going to be the metallic red but keep the Mk3 look

[david james]

might be worth looking at tony hadland’s blog pages about the raleigh 20, tell’s how he overhauled the bottom bracket? (raleigh thread and all that)

[Pandora]

Th Mk 3 chainguard in black with red stripe, they pop up for sale quite regularly, in very good condition, sometimes as new, are they new-old-stock or do they also fit another Raleigh bike?

[Ian]

I’ve got a bunch of tatty but original Mk3 stuff including the black and red chain ring if Jason (or anyone else restoring one) is interested.

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