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Questions about my first build
Big E:
I recently bought a Redline 500a f+f from a mate at work that to be fair for a frame this old seemed to be in pretty good nick. Anyway i spent a bit of time yesterday polishing the old girl with Autosol,Meguiars and Goddards silver polish in that order,course to fine to find out what condition the chromes in. Having done that the questions or issues i have are;
1, The chrome has very slightly started to pickle up on the top tube close to the headtube. Should i leave it as it is, or get it stripped and painted,and does it matter to people if the colours not an original colour or is it worth having it re chromed?
2, The headset cups and knurled adjuster are still present and in good condition, can i still get the missing parts above the knurled part, nuts etc?
3, I need a full set of frame decals and looking on the forum it seems Del is the man to speak to. Does he have a web site i can order from?
Sorry to bombard you all with questions so soon after joining the forum, but i want to get started and dont really know how far to take the build regarding using nos or good usable parts .
Thanks Ian
Gnarlyscoots:
Welcome to Rad buddy :daumenhoch:
Nice frame set to start with. If you have photobucket, load some pics up to that and copy and paste the IMG links to here so we can see it ;) A picture speaks a thousand words.
Terry
delbert:
--- Quote from: Big E on December 24, 2012, 12:00 PM --- I recently bought a Redline 500a f+f from a mate at work that to be fair for a frame this old seemed to be in pretty good nick. Anyway i spent a bit of time yesterday polishing the old girl with Autosol,Meguiars and Goddards silver polish in that order,course to fine to find out what condition the chromes in. Having done that the questions or issues i have are;
1, The chrome has very slightly started to pickle up on the top tube close to the headtube. Should i leave it as it is, or get it stripped and painted,and does it matter to people if the colours not an original colour or is it worth having it re chromed?
2, The headset cups and knurled adjuster are still present and in good condition, can i still get the missing parts above the knurled part, nuts etc?
3, I need a full set of frame decals and looking on the forum it seems Del is the man to speak to. Does he have a web site i can order from?
Sorry to bombard you all with questions so soon after joining the forum, but i want to get started and dont really know how far to take the build regarding using nos or good usable parts .
Thanks Ian
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For decals just use the forum messaging function and sent to "Del", I can vouch for the quality products he sells and is a great man to deal with, his website is below but TBH is only an advert page giving an email address.
http://www.del-cals.co.uk/
Good luck with your first build..
Big E:
Ok,got the gaffer to show me how to upload pics, these computer things drive me mental :-[.The only computer i know how to use is for vehicle diagnostics
As you can see the chrome has blemished, seen more easily with the flash on my camera. It doesn't look as bad in the flesh.
CustardLips:
Nowt wrong with that. Leave as is. :daumenhoch:
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