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Operation Free Agent! Update - mission completed!!

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Mikku:
Another year, another build! I’ve been on the look-out for an 80s Free Agent for some time and recently picked this one up from the States. It’s an early frame set (the 8-digit serial - on the non-drive side dropout - is 1284****) so was either built by VDC or the Shoups in Beuna Park, California in Dec 1984. I’m leaning towards the latter as I think VDC were shutting up shop around that time. At first I thought the unusual colour was a spray-bomb job but now I’m not so sure, as I think the decals are era-correct and are also in the condition you’d expect after 30 years. I’m therefore wondering whether this may have been a special paint job for a customer or even a factory team rider. In any case, I like it!  :daumenhoch:

The tt length is 19 1/8” from centre of the headtube tube to the centre of the seat mast so I think that makes it a Pro. There is no chainstay brace.











The bars, which I think are genuine FA pro bars (27 ½” wide with a rise of 8 9/16” to the centre of the stem area), are also green - not quite a matching shade, though not far off.





Anyone got any thoughts on any or all of the above?

Thanks!  :daumenhoch:

nosepickben:
Wow, good score, never seen one that colour. Not sure if yours is a pro length though, my un-braced chainstay pro is 19.75tt.

BADDH:
Nice find mate, patience paid off for you.

Enjoy the build  ;)

Mikku:
Thanks for the comments guys!


--- Quote from: nosepickben on January 17, 2015, 02:17 PM ---Not sure if yours is a pro length though, my un-braced chainstay pro is 19.75tt.

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What year is yours Ben? From what I've been reading the tt seemed to vary a bit on the earlier Pros. In any case it's longer than my Laserlite!  :daumenhoch:

rodriguez:
Really like that, great patina   :coolsmiley:

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