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DP Firebird first gen build Semi Finished

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stfc:
This was an impulse buy on Ebay one afternoon, bought whilst looking for something totally unrelated to Bmx,When it arrived the seat post had stuck solid in the frame and was a good 6 inches down in the seat tube, A touch of heat and the old stem trick and it was freed, The forks in the picture are not the original set and have now been sidelined for a pair of Tange tx1200,s, the 2 pictures below show how it was, hopefully tomorrow it will be finished as I am collecting the freshly powdered frame and forks in the morning, The colour I have gone for is a metal flake black as there where traces of black in the awkward to get to places on the frame which may indicate that it was a very early frame as the first few were black with gold flecks, cant proove that it was but it should look well in Black .... heres looking forward to getting it on the road

ED209:
wow ... nice piece of  :Great_Britain: history... gonna look sweet in the black flake  :angel:

stfc:

--- Quote from: ED209º on February 04, 2011, 10:25 PM ---wow ... nice piece of  :Great_Britain: history... gonna look sweet in the black flake  :angel:

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Heres hoping     :daumenhoch:   my powder coating guy is a bit hit and miss , does a great great job when he,s not manic, but has been know to have the odd frame back when hes rushed it, saying that he has never charged me more than 20 quid for any frame set so cant complain about the odd duffer ..

B-Boyblue:
Looking forward to seeing the newly powder coated frame! :daumenhoch:

brettypeeps:
Be nice to see that built  :daumenhoch:

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