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New project 84 Curtis pro (update)

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martin46:
Picked this up at the weekend, with a vision to build the bike i had through out the later half of the eighties.
Chrome is original but was a bit rusty and pitted in places, especially the stay's nearer the dropouts and a little on the fornt of the forks. Main tubes are pretty good though considering its 28 years old.
Its been in an Oxalic bath for 24 hours and today i clean it up and polished it. All the rust is gone but cant do anything about the pittng.
So my dilema is, do i just keep it original and build it with used parts? Or do i get it rechromed and build a shiney new one? (not sure my wallet could handle the prices of nos parts though)
Im even toying with the idea of having it powdered and building it custom  :-\
Either way its going to be a rider.

Before pics









Now, shiney but still pitted

Devilock:
 8)

That last pic makes me think of Don Johnson...!

bodamus:
Definately build it as a survivor far to many rechromes and repaints out there.

Build it with top quality survivor parts it will look the nuts :daumenhoch:

Taipan:
I agree with the above :daumenhoch: Survivor all the way,the pitting/rust etc gives it character  :daumenhoch:

sparky:
I'd build it as is, all the pitting is part of its History. You could always get some decals to put over it.  :daumenhoch:

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