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ron burgundy:
Do you know what year you bought it?

Tricky:

--- Quote from: Ron Burgundy on August 16, 2007, 06:51 PM ---Do you know what year you bought it?

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Hi Bren,
It was definately 1983...
So which model is the most desirable?  I suppose I could build it up as either a PLII or Carrera.  With a Carrera tho if it was prebuilt there will be less flexibility on the parts i can use to make it as correct  ???
Dont suppose it really matters 20 + years on, i am thinking about something a bit different to the rest but era correct,,,,,Any suggestions??

ron burgundy:

--- Quote from: Tricky on August 16, 2007, 08:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ron Burgundy on August 16, 2007, 06:51 PM ---Do you know what year you bought it?

--- End quote ---
Hi Bren,
It was definately 1983...
So which model is the most desirable?  I suppose I could build it up as either a PLII or Carrera.  With a Carrera tho if it was prebuilt there will be less flexibility on the parts i can use to make it as correct  ???
Dont suppose it really matters 20 + years on, i am thinking about something a bit different to the rest but era correct,,,,,Any suggestions??

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1983?  the Carrera 1 ( your frame set) ran from 81-82 so I guess the shop it came from could have split an unbuilt Carrera(as it was the old model in 83) and sold the frame set as a PL20.

For me, the most desirable is the Carrera 81-82...  but that's what I wanted as a kid.

As you got it as a frame set, build it how you want, I'd try and keep it period, early 1980s, but that's just me ;)

gt0733:
i'm with ron on this one. the 1981-'82 (ones without the BB brace) seem to be the rarest.
on the brazed dropouts being for carerra, i believe it didn't matter whether it was a carerra or prolineII f/f set. i reckon you got what ever came off the rack first. therefore if you want to build as per the carerra ad or a customised prolineII (with era correct parts) it won't matter. as you can see by my pics i did the latter.

on another note...i've been searching for another f/f set and found quite a few of the real early prolineII's (without BB brace) had the tear drop dropout fork. you can tell the difference between 1979-80 frames from the 1981-82 frames by the size of the head tube triangle brace. the earlier triangle braces were smaller.

GREMLIN:
Almost there now.  I sorted a spacer for the chainwheel last night, and all i'm missing now is a brake cable (i cut the one i had too short)  :idiot2:.
Here's the latest pic with her flanked by my two Leary Turbo's...   8)
She'll be taken for a decent thrash tomorrow me thinks  :D   Grem'.

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