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English F&F resto - Marlboro Zappa Pro?! Bazinga

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super mat:
was that purchased from the great yarmouth area?if so its the frame i sold to a bloke in that area.i was going to build it but already had too many builds on the go.i didnt know it was a malboro until after i sold it.this has smaller than usual headset cups but the stem size is 22.2.nice to see that tuen up on here.unfortunately ive deleted the photos of the frame when i had it.i didnt paint it gold by the way. :).if your doing it as a 70s build,i have some nos motocross style tyres for it if your interested.

Munnyella:
Loving the weld `spatter' under the paint. (thats the pimples that should have been cleaned off after weld, pre paint) so `made in the UK in the 70/80's'

nosepickben:
A neighbour had one of these in 84. It was grey/silver with red anno parts and motorbike length brake levers!

20to26:
Amazing that so many people remember these - that's pretty cool and made this a little more important as a resto project than I had first planned.

With the help of one of my lads I started on stripping the 30 year old paint and decals with some Nitromors:



The stuff is fab - pity I started with a half empty canister but it went pretty well and my boy thought it was pretty cool seeing the paint bubble - he kept asking what would happen if he got some on his skin or in his mouth - and would he die if he swallowed some -  ;D priceless.

It was interesting to see the original colour make an appearance up front - but not out back (apologies for the hazy pics - my son was appointed camera guy while my hands were covered in gloop):





After a few coats we ran out of nitromors but still made some good progress for the afternoon:





You can see where the original chrome based decals were positioned on the DT and ST - they're rock hard and will take some beating to get off, not even the wife's hairdryer could budge these suckers - nevertheless it's virtually stripped and ready for some finishing:



 :)

Shiner:
Don't mean to hijack your thread but had this for about a year, love the welds, recognise it?





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