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Glynnyboy:
Just over a year ago now Pitbaldridge (bmx museum member) come by this frame and was on the hunt for info as to what it was.

The frame is a BMX PRODUCTS (mongoose) Chatsworth factory made Rampar Team frame. I think about 7 or 8 of these are known of at present. Two are candy blue and the rest are nickel.

The frame was available to the public by special order. The team raced the frame in either nickel or candy red over nickel. The public had a third option to order in candy blue.

I asked if the frame was for sale and made an offer but was turned down.
Anyway a couple of months passed and i had a pm asking if i was still interested in the frame. ( i was and in no time at all it was on it's way to the UK)
 
A few pm chats to Mr fett to determine which forks i needed to be on the hunt for and the search began.
I lucked out on a straight swap for some cali forks i had just had rechromed but were surplus to requirements, for the much needed Gen 1 goose forks. These had been quite harshly blasted and needed some considerable attention.


The forks were sent to my mate buttsbikeshop (Jonathan). They were re-nickel plated and as you can see i had chosen to go for doing the bike in red candy over nickel.



It seems as long as the colours were team, for Toby and Jeff the more off the wall the better.


In my info gathering i found a couple of pics of Toby racing a candy red. The second pic at the Indy 79 was where inspiration for my build came from.




I had a bit of luck along the way with this build, one in particular was getting hold of some nos kenda gummies with inner tubes & and the mks bm5 pedals.
A batch of nos rampars were uncovered a couple of year ago in a wharehouse in New Orleans. The finder sold most of the bikes complete but broke a couple for parts. I ended up with the tyres tubes and pedals.

Anyway enough of the jibba jabba here is how my Rampar Team turned out.
Inspired by Toby Henderson.
Thanks go out on putting this together to.
Buttsbikeshop Johnathan
Del
Steve
Steve P
Russ J
John baldbmxer
XGoose dan
Pitbaldridge
Geux4itbmx

RAMPAR TEAM
TECH SPEC
Grips - Oakley 1's
Bars - Race Inc
Seat post - Race Inc
Seat - Kashimax Mx
Stem - Pro Neck
Brakes - Dc 890, prebent
Tyres - Kenda gummies 79 Rampar
Pedals - mks bm5
Chain - D.I.D
Headset - tange mx3
Seat clamp - original unbranded mongoose
Wheels - Araya 7c on Sunshine Hubs
Pads - Bar original, stem & TT reproduction
Decals - Gusset, downtube,chainstay are original
seat tube and fork are reproduction.
Crank - sugino

















If you want to check out all the best photo's just follow the link below to check them out in a photobucket slide show.
http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll167/glynn9371/Rampar%20Team%20showcas%20thread/?albumview=slideshow

NORTY40:
All your builds are special Glynn but that is one of my favourites , stunning   :4_17_5: :4_17_5:

Attention to detail and build quality is second to none , quality mate  8)

BOTM right here in my opinion  :daumenhoch:

Glynnyboy:
Thanks Joff. I had special order from Mr Fett for a no pads pic too. The raleigh team colours were too much for him ( i think he thinks they just ruin a good bmx products f/f tbh  :shocked: :2funny: )

rollin72:
stunning build Glynn and the pics are cracking :4_17_5:

the only thing is the seat/grip colour..black grips for me to make it more balanced, but im not taking anything away from your build mate it is quality :daumenhoch:

nice1 Gaz

NORTY40:

--- Quote from: glynnyboy on April 23, 2011, 10:59 PM ---Thanks Joff. I had special order from Mr Fett for a no pads pic too. The raleigh team colours were too much for him ( i think he thinks they just ruin a good bmx products f/f tbh  :shocked: :2funny: )


--- End quote ---

Not like John to request a no pad shot  :shocked: , he's pad mad all the time  :D

PS I reckon he is very jealous of that rare BMX products frameset  ;)

The last pic really shows the stunning colour Glynn  8)

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