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nhoj:
I have mentioned this story before but just incase you didn't know...............

I got back into this BMX thing again wanting a firebird freestyler which I never owned BITD.

I thought I would be able to pick one up for a tenner, but after a few months of searching ebay and finding RAD I realised that they were few and far between and I wasn't going to get one for a tenner. With the few bikes coming through slowly going up in price I finally took the plunge on a badly listed bike for about £180.

When it came to the build, the only musts were:

1. It had to have some bright 80's colour skyways

2. It had to have a front brake cable going through the stem bolt-I found out after it was called a potts mod

I have a limited knowledge of period parts and the build didn't have to look factory correct- white etc





I thought I might strip the paint and then paint it myself with spray cans like we used to do back in the day but the nitromous was taking forever and I soon realised that to paint it well would cost too much andso the parts went over to SBD :coolsmiley:





I finally got everything together with plenty of help from Del who I discovered lives 20 mins away.

He did a top job on some custom  colour decals to match the paint :daumenhoch:

Been waiting for a good day to get some quality pics but couldn't wait any longer, the pics probably don't do the colours justice :daumenhoch:

Del:
it's about time you posted pics of this John LOL

You should get pics of your otherone side by side. Nice build

rollin72:
looks good mate, nice1 :daumenhoch:

pickle:
nice one! you got a bargain for a complete bike and a great job bringing it back to life  :daumenhoch:

magna13:
That bike is sweet! loving the Gulf GT40 colour scheme :smitten: :smitten:

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