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my latest early mongoose find
dordymush:
see what you started now scott with ya bloody ole goose ;D.
im just waiting for jimmy to start next :D.
bmxbob:
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--- Quote from: J.T.Racing on January 20, 2010, 12:41 AM ---
it would only be a team or super with the T in the serial in that year
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That's not true I'm afraid.
In April 1981 the mongoose serial number style changed, dropping the T prefix for team models and also the C prefix for chatsworth meaning the serial starts with just the month and no longer had a Team/Super identifying character. So from april 81 onwards its D1xxxxx then may its E1xxxxx etc. etc.
Team and supergoose models from this point no longer have the T so there are many Teams / Supers made in 81 that do not have a T stamp.
The way to identify these team/super frames is the good old flat stay or 3 hole brake bridge method as the 3 hole bridge was introduced around the time of changeover and the flat stay was phased out. There are some examples, like I mentioned before, which have both the flat stay AND the 3 hole bridge. There is also a mish mash of dropouts to be found on frames with serials around the may/june 81 serial.
Case in example would be Kev's (KDW712) 81 supergoose, serial is E1xxxxx - newer style dropouts, new serial number (no T stamp) but with the flat stay.
:)
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yes :daumenhoch:
winnit93:
--- Quote from: dordymush on January 20, 2010, 01:01 PM ---see what you started now scott with ya bloody ole goose ;D.
im just waiting for jimmy to start next :D.
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hey i just picked up a fookin mongoose off a mate, i think its a ringer half PUCH half BURNER LOL
kdw712:
:LolLolLolLol:
81 is a messy year for goose id's
lots of "use that parts bin up first" frame sets >:D
cracking find though
nice to know they are still out there
love to see that orig receipt too
that kinda of thing is very cool to have with the bike
lazychubs:
looking thru the bottom triangle the brake bridge is flat on it
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