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'83 National Pro Long - Candy Blue
dinglem:
This has been a great BMX week for me!! Following the arrival of my Birmingham WHEELS frame over the weekend I have today taken delivery of this beauty :smitten:
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It's a candy blue 1983 National Pro Long, which is very rare in this particular colour. I have only ever seen pics of two others in candy blue, both of which are the shorter standard size.
I have actually owned this frame for 4 years(!) but it has taken that amount of time to finally make it over from the USA to me. It's a bit of a long story, but i bought it directly from Bill Stonebraker, the ex-National Pro team racer who was part of the team put together by the Scurto family from 1982-84. This was one of his original team frames, and came with a set of prototype forks. I have had quite a bit of discussion with him over the years about this bike and he has confirmed that it was originally candy blue from the factory.
As you can see the colour is awesome (never seen anything like it before) but the decals set is a poor reproduction set and will require replacement. I will be getting in touch with Del about this shortly!
I'm really chuffed with it, and so begins another build project..... :-\
dinglem:
This is one of the few pics of a candy blue example from BITD i have been able to find online....
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dancetothedrummersbeat:
Wow! Looks super fresh!
steve69:
Very nice Martin :coolsmiley:
What's the build spec on this one gonna be??
Jaan:
Lovely, I have one coming soon thanks to a very patient seller.
So whats the deal with the decals? If the paint is original and the frame has come from the original team rider, any idea as to why he put those decals on?
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