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ACS 'Blood, Sweat and Z-48's' Advert rep Build Thread
McQUEEN:
Since I posted last on this in January I've completed the following:
1 - rubbed down, peroxided, and hot water bathed with Vanish Gold OxiAction the white Z48s,
2 - cleaned the seat and sent to Mark at MLCreations to refurb / refinish it for me,
3 - tracked down, identified and arranged some decal artwork through Jamyz for the Beach Cities Cycles decals (a Fred Blood sponsor at the time),
4 - pulled my hair out identifying the pedals.....
I'll update on all these bits next.....
McQUEEN:
Okay, so one of the frst parts for this build was the z48. And I mean z48, I sourced one, a complete used wheel from the states, and had to wait another 6 months to find a nos, but with major shelf dirt, Z48 to surface.
Once I had them both it was just a process of rubbing them down - they both had ground in grime and were more light grey than white, so I spent some time rubbing them down carefully. The one that was to become the front was the nos one, and still had the stamped 'ACS Z-48's on them, which left me with a quandary - when I had scanned and enlarged the advert I noticed the rims in the advert, whilst 48 spoke, just had the original 'ACS Z-Rim' stamps on them....I guess they were early pre-production models.
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After rubbing them down I peroxided them - it was January, no chance of any natural UV's, so I made up a little area in the workshop and set up two UV lamps bought from a local club/disco equipment supplier - it bought back some good memories......ACID!!! :) :) :)
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After a few days they locked pretty good, but I also decided to push the cleaning / brightening alittle so soaked them in hot water and Vanish
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notice the haro master getting into the act as well....
McQUEEN:
so, on the bars and the seat post there where three rectangular grey/silver decals that I had to identify. It was a fair guess that they would be a sponsor decal, but they didn't look like any others I'd seen before, but after searching BMXmuseum for images of other FB builds I found this, and after badgering the owner he gave me a better photo of the decal...then it was off to Jamyz to commission (he's an artist) a decal for Del to knock some out for me...
The decal is for a bike shop in Hermosa Beach that is, after all these years, still trading and with the same telephone number....
McQUEEN:
pedals...jesus, Ive been through loads of sets before making my mind up on VP300's...although I'm pretty sure they were Hsing TA HTI-851's that were stock on the GT Pro performers from around 87...
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hotdog:
Looks ace!
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