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and I said I'd only do the one bike.....here's to no. 3 (MT SuperFox this time)

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griff:
so tonight I was VERY kindly given a present from hutchman's shed, which I plan to build up into something a bit more usable on our local track than the mongoose I threw together last time (not hard as that weighs a ton!). he had mentioned before that it was an MT something-or-other and since my only bike BITD was a 1982 silverfox, I've been buzzing wondering whether it would be that BITD build as well as an old school racer (2 birds with one stone  :daumenhoch:)
as it came out into the light I saw the forks first - immediately the old memories started coming back and when the frame came out I was overjoyed to see that while it wasn't a silverfox, it was (I think) the next model up from my old bike, a superfox  :smitten:. I'm sure Nathan or one of the MT experts on here can confirm but to me it looks just the same design, but may be cromo where my old bike just had cromo forks. I took the 'silverfox' logo off my old bike anyway so no need to worry about the different name  ;)
As for parts, not bothered about replicating my old bike exactly but might go for some of the original spec bits if I come across any - important thing of course is I'm doing it on the cheap  ;) anyone has any original spec lists please let me know  :daumenhoch:

It definitely needs 'a bit' of work, but I'm going to read some resto threads again and see if I can get it looking a bit shinier

OK then here are the 'before' pics.....



slight issue with the thread at top of forks - might need some advice on these!

could grow spuds in there  :)


this one's for Nath  ;) A69237 mean anything to you?

thanks again Dave  :daumenhoch:

HUTCHMAN:
   :daumenhoch:   no probs...thanks for the favour of the paypal payment.

griff:
been doing some digging around and it seems the frame is made out of something called 'manganese'
no idea what this is but to me it sounds very exotic  :)

been reading bendycat's goose-cooking thread again, but has anyone got any tips for getting rust from inside gussets/tubes etc?
will it need to be immersed in something? don't want it to be eaten away from the inside...

rick1970:
ooooh nice project griff well done ,looks like a case for the three special steps  ;D if you know that dam kids programme  :LolLolLolLol:

No 1, active gel oven cleaner.

No 2,peek metal polish.

No 3,goddards silver polish cloths.

 ;D  :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

JOO:
Fill a tub with vinegar and pop it in

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