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My Grail Build (MT Racing) with Awesome Sawzall Content !!!

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Macmania:
Well it's taken me four years of searching but last year I finally scored my Holy Grail - 1983 MT Racing Aeropro. I know of only one other that's located in Oz.

I did a deal on the bike in May 2012 (with the original owner  :shocked: ) and imported the bike complete from Ireland. There was one major issue though...............the forks had been broken bitd and had gone missing  :'(
This left me with a dilema  :-\ do I search for a matching pair (impossible), stick some generic Akisu forks on or do I go down the bespoke route ?

After much deliberation I decided to contact Phil (Sawzall) and asked if he could work his magic if I found a suitable pair of donor forks and furnish him with all of the correct measurements etc. To my surprise Phil said "no problem"  :shocked:

I finally managed to source a suitable pair of bladed forks from the US and then set them up on a frame complete with rim and tyre so that I could gauge the correct measurements. They were then stripped of their chrome before being sent to Phil.
After a couple of months and a fair few pm's the forks arrived back and were then sent with the handlebars and crank down to Hockley for a re-chrome.

Here's the story in pictures  :D

How the bike looked just before it was shipped -





Here' a few pics of the bladed Akisu donor forks -



These are the pics that Phil worked from -



Pics of Phil's awesome work  :4_17_5:





Couple of magazine ads from bitd -





And one in action -



Now finally finished  :smitten: (sorry for the crappy indoor pics)  :(

Fully 4130 Chromoly Frame and Forks. 19.5" Top Tube.





















And here's one of the collection so far -



Massive thanks to Phil who has done an amazing job  :smitten:   :4_17_5:

Thanks to Joff for painting the Stem and Seat Clamp  :4_17_5:

Also, thanks to Del for the fork decals  :4_17_5:

Cheers
Nath  :)

pickle:
that's cracking!  awesome work on both your parts  :daumenhoch:

crazycraig:
Best build and restore I've seen in a long time . Contender for a winner of boty :4_17_5:


Well done to all involved

In2 bmx:
Stunning  :4_17_5: great work as always Nath

diesel:
WOW.... great stuff  :4_17_5:

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