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First Restoration MK1 Night Burner
dinglem:
My first resto. I have always loved the way the MkI Ultra looked so it made sense to build one!
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Lead:
That MkI Ultra is a beaut!!! "wantit"
Lead:
--- Quote from: Spen69 on April 04, 2014, 12:22 PM ---I was about to dive in singing Mark at Impressive Finish's praises, but reading the link it looks like he doesn't do the smoked superchrome finish any more :-\
I'd give him a bell in case as his work was great - he did both my Pro-Class Geese :4_17_5:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,104773.0.html
The Mini Pro-Class was done by crazy Neil Arcus (N2Cus) but he doesn't do BMX resto anymore :'(
(cue the stories about the silver van of death, the 4am club, dying Tuffs in his white plastic bath, polishing to within an inch of it's life and his tasty missus in the bikini shots in his house - I miss Neil :2funny: :shocked: :2funny: )
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Cheers Spen69, when the time comes i'll give the fella call just in case, i'm sure there will be other options, hopefully!
BMX1973:
Spider is the part which fixes to the crank arm and the chain ring fixes to the spider. :daumenhoch:
--- Quote from: Lead on April 04, 2014, 09:06 AM ---
I'm pretty sure all the parts are there, but not sure what you mean by chain ring and spider? (i need a bit of schooling)
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Lead:
So, it has arrived, needs a whole lotta love!
According to the following, it was made in Notts in Sept 1983:
"Dating your bike:
Eg, NH44629
First letter...
N > Nottingham
Second letter... month
A - JAN
B - FEB
D - MAR
E - APR
G - MAY
H - JUN
K - JUL
L - AUG
M - SEP
N - OCT
P - NOV
S - DEC
2,3,4,5,6 etc = the year 82, 83 and so on
so NH44629 would mean -
Made in Nottingham , June 1984
The remaining numbers of the serial number have believed to be the production numbers for that month, but due to ridiculously high numbers given this is said to be practically impossible to produce. There could be some truth in it but as of yet no one knows for sure.
Here's a few before snap
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