Stu, wow thanks and thanks to everyone else for your comments and support.
The post man arrvied today and I now have the standard long in my possetion, It is in really nice condition, I was going to powder it blue, but I may leave it as is, it is 8.5 / 10 condition already. altough I do like that brand new look. ahh what to do ~?
Watch this space for the complete collection in the near future
As for the future, well I could start collecting on of each of the eliptical downtube models??
Jon W