60cm Ellis-Briggs frameset + extras (FORK FIXED!!)

Greetings!

I acquired and imported this frameset from the UK via an eBay seller from the estate of the original owner this past October. My intention was to use this until my custom road frame was ready in 2023. Ellis-Briggs frames are very rare here in the States when compared to other smaller UK marques, such as Holdsworth or Mercian. The threadless fork and 130mm rear spacing means that this frameset is ready for a fully modern build. Max tire clearance front and rear is 28c. One other thing to note is that the FD braze-on is mounted a little lower than usual for compact cranksets, so it's perfect for a ca. 50t to 46t outer chainring.

Unfortunately, this frameset has turned into a bit of a saga. The eBay seller provided the wrong top tube measurement; I offered to accept a partial refund to avoid the hassle of sending it back to the UK, anticipating that I would not have an issue finding a home for this beautiful frameset. About a week later I noticed something altogether different: namely, that the fork crown was improperly drilled seemingly from the workshop! As you will see, the front hole for inserting the brake caliper bolt was drilled off-center. The seller refused to offer a full refund, and eBay was no help, either. So, here we are. What's interesting is that the original owner apparently rode the bike like this, but the brake-pad shoes need to be toed-in at a crooked angle for this to work.

UPDATE: Since originally listing this, I took the frameset to framebuilder friend. After some discussion, including drilling out the crown and pressing in an adapter, we decided on a minimalistic approach: he filed the hole on the front of the crown towards the centerpoint with a Dremel and a 6mm bit just enough to allow the recessed nut to center and for the caliper bolt to now pass straight through the crown, resulting in a perfect alignment with the dropouts and wheel axle. Once the recessed nut is fully torqued there is no lateral play in the caliper whatsoever. For the first time in its life, the brake caliper sits straight in the fork crown!! Including pictures detailing the before and after, as well as caliper alignment relative to the wheel.

Measurements:
TT: 58 cm (c-c)
ST: 61 cm (c-t)
HT: 20 cm.

Included in sale are frame, fork, Stronglight 1" headset, 1" spacers and 1-1/8" threadless adapter.

(From original seller)

This frameset was ordered on 18 September 1992. Hand-built in Shipley with Reynolds 531c tubing, Columbus dropouts, Cinelli BB and fork crown.
Frame Number 6306.
24 inch 531C with Columbus drop outs.
73/73 10 3/4 B/B 1 1/2 FIR 16" R/E
Cinelli Spoiler Shell
2 sets T.A. bottle bosses
Twin Campagnolo lever bosses
Cinelli SCA fork crown
Wrapover seat stays
Columbus ends (no eyes)
8-speed rear end (130mm spacing)
Pump pip head tube
Chain peg
Internal B/Eyes TT L/H side
Clearance for Ultegra Shallow A/K
'Flame Ruby' finish
Pick lugs and cut outs gold
E/B transfers white full set vertical on S/T
Chrome complete forks, rear dropouts and R/H chainstay

$350 OBO + shipping

Thanks for looking!