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GT Pro Performer - Restoration ***FINISHED - NEW PICS***

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Stodgy:
Hello All

Apparently, you all love a resto story...so here's mine...meet my 1984 GT Pro Performer - serial number 6841121.

My dad bought this frame & fork set, together with a suitcase full of parts to build it up from a trip to the states in July 1984.
As you can see from the first pic is was originally white.

I rode it at the various skateparks around the country until 1989, changing bits along the way, including a major colour change in 87 to baby blue and pink (weren't the 80's so tasteful?!).

At the end of 1989, I sold it to a mate for £80 to fund some university partying. And didn't see the bike or the friend again.

Fast forward on 16 years…

June 2005 - I decided to get back into BMX to try and get fit after a couple of illnesses. I impulse purchased a DK Six Pack while buying a bike for my daughter and soon realised that new bikes were damn heavy! (or maybe just the DK?). So I hit the net to try and find an old Performer…it wasn’t going to be easy.

July 2005 – My search for an old Performer wasn’t getting very far and whatever I bought would never replace my original bike (sentimental mush). So I bit the bullet and tracked down the old friend I sold it to 16 years ago. To cut a very long story short – he still had it…in a barn…untouched since the day he bought off me! He was actually keeping it just in case I ever wanted it back. Top, top bloke. It’s now safely back at home.

So, here it is…the first pic below is from July 1984 and the others were taken at the weekend.

I have stripped it down and salvaged a couple of the parts. The MCS stem and the pink Tuffs cleaned up beautifully (the Tuffs are almost like new!). The MX1000’s aren’t bad, but are going to take some work. Anyhow, I’m going to put it back to white with black parts (however, this time with black Tuffs). The frame looks rusty, but it is only surface and comes off with a cloth (phew).

Biagio over at Vert-ego is going to strip and then powder coat the frame, forks and bars for me and rest of the bits I’m going source from the ‘net. No doubt, I’ll be posting soon for your help in tracking bits down!

Anyhow, enough talk…here are the pics! Any advice or parts ideas would be greatly appreciated!

July 1984



July 2005











As good as new!

muttley:
One seat clamp not enough then  :D

Stodgy:

--- Quote from: muttley on August 02, 2005, 03:50 PM ---One seat clamp not enough then  :D

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Nope! I find that three helped with my airs  :D

I had one of those lovely Skyway Platforms on at some point...

pickle:
What did you use to clean up the tuff's? was it simply soapy water?  or did you use anything special?

Stodgy:

--- Quote from: pickle on August 02, 2005, 04:21 PM ---What did you use to clean up the tuff's? was it simply soapy water?  or did you use anything special?

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Just hot soapy (washing-up liquid) water on the tuffs and WD40 to shift the grease on the freewheel. Real easy.

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