Jack Taylor Tourist Classic Touring Bike 1962

Jack Taylor has been established as a company by the three Taylor brothers Jack, Ken and Norman in 1945. They became experts in customized bike building from special tricycles to top notch racing machines and produced well into the 1990s.
One of their models was the Jack Taylor Tourist a Touring bike which reminds in many ways of the classic builds by Frenchmen René Herse and Alex Singer.
The frame consists of Reynolds 531 butted tubing and Nervex Professional lugs. It has a specially brazed on derailleur holder for Cyclo shifting and matching front and rear racks. The complete bike is still surprisingly authentic with a nice patina and without damages.
According to the serial number this bike should be from the year 1962. By that time it was Norman who held the torch in the Taylor family's workshop, a real master of his art. The paintjob had been carried out by Jack in a manner which completes Norman's frame perfectly.
The parts are only high class componentry with some rather special items like the triple crankset and the beautiful stem, the chainstay protection and the 'Martele' mudguards by Lefol.
A piece with the looks of a well aged master oil painting and certainly as nice on the wall of a collection.