Dawes identification help

[Timm92]

I have just bought a vintage Dawes bike and I'm struggling to identify the model/year. Can't see any decals or serial numbers so I'm at a loss!

 

[Blacktopdisciple]

https://dawescycles.wordpress.com/
Try the above link. Its a very informative website.

 

[Takingabreak]

there may be a serial number stamped on the fork steerer tube

 

[Timm92]

Update: Didn't have any serial numbers that I could find on the forks, it was sold as a bit of a mystery!

 

[averagebiker]

Maybe it is not a Dawes?
Maybe the serial #s have been covered up by a repaint?
A mystery indeed

 

[hamster]

The head badge is much older than the decals.

 

[ZG862]

I think the frame decals are a red herring. The head badge is a little harder to replace so may be genuine. Judging by the little I can make out of the dropouts and lugs I'd guess early 70's. Or earlier. Pressed rather than forged dropouts suggests lower down the range than their 531 bikes.

 

[Midlife]

Could be really quite old with the features it has. Maybe the rear dropouts have had the tangs removed and are old Stallard type?