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An impromtu eBay purchase landed me this F&F - admittedly I was intrigued by the lugs!  :uglystupid2:
This started with looking for something very early 80's or late 70's to build... the next thing I know...

I hadn't seen a british bmx frame built with lugs, except some of the Scorpions & Halfords. It turns out this is a Marlboro made somewhere in the Midlands in the early 80's - a POS bike like the Halfords bmx's and with dropouts similar to the Turbo. Although I have seen one on the web with a Reynolds 531 decal on the downtube, I'm not certain what these were made of.




Anyway here it is and I'm thinking about what route I can take to make it nice & a bit custom - which looks like it's going to take a fair bit of work - there's little finesse here:





My first thoughts are to strip the paint this weekend and maybe start grinding & smoothing some of those welds with a dremel just cos I can... ::)

As there's virtually no chance of finding decals I might need to get a little creative on this...

oldschoolace:
I wouldn't touch the welds, they are what make the bike what it is... if that makes sense.
No one likes mutton dressed as lamb. Be proud in your ownership of a little piece of british bmx history even if it is low end :daumenhoch:

rollin72:
Quality, I had one bitd, I swapped my DB Pro Star for it because someone told me the star gusset was gay ;D
It was a pos, but I loved it..dib dobs if you ever want to sell it

mattfx81:
Mig welded... Lovely. A LBS in wales still has a marlboro poster behind the counter or did do earlier in the year.

oldtired:
like that , :daumenhoch:  funny how when these little or unknown bikes turn up they always seem to done with Gold spray or gold hammerite  :LolLolLolLol: , i'd leave the welds and do it white or racing green  :daumenhoch: 

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