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need help restoring an old '79 Mongoose / Tuff I's

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Mattdub:
Lookin' good Damon , deffo box bars are the way to go if you can get 'em  ;)

kdw712:
looking good  :daumenhoch:

Ramp Rat:
here's the bike w/ box bars...






my new find....



a fine pair...my plan was to buy the Team Goose and sell the other, but once it arrived, I realized that I'm in love with both of them..they both have different strengths and charm, I can't pick a fav.

bobafett:
They look nice snuggled up together there Damon mate  :LolLolLolLol:
So your keeping the other one - you do realise that you have now contracted mongoositis - there are a few others who suffer from it on here - i have it pretty bad !
It multiplies rapidly and there is no cure  :LolLolLolLol:

So what happened with the stem on the team dude ? Is it proper snidey ? Paint job on the frame looks sweet in the first pic, how is it in the flesh  :smitten:

Ramp Rat:

--- Quote from: bobafett on January 27, 2009, 11:07 PM ---They look nice snuggled up together there Damon mate  :LolLolLolLol:
So your keeping the other one - you do realise that you have now contracted mongoositis - there are a few others who suffer from it on here - i have it pretty bad !
It multiplies rapidly and there is no cure  :LolLolLolLol:

So what happened with the stem on the team dude ? Is it proper snidey ? Paint job on the frame looks sweet in the first pic, how is it in the flesh  :smitten:

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yeah - I caught that one - there is just something about these old gooses that as someone else said, gets inside you and I was not a big fan bitd..stange stuff happens when you get one, it's all i think about. Yeah, the gold block stem is snidey, thick plate like you mentioned and snide gold paint, good from far but far from good, as they say, it will work for now. And that paint job is dodgy too. The forks are great, they have the proper translucent epoxy finish where it almost looks 3D as you can see the nickel deep inside the red...but, the frame was just spayed candy red by some kid in a garage, it can flake off w/ your finger nail, which really sucks...it really needs to be done properly. I was thinking about puting all the red forks and all the parts on my '81 frame. I hate scratched up frames. The rims cleaned up good, there is chrome on those spokes underneath the crud, I've been buffing w/ autosol and getting some great results.

I'm looking for a good painter in my area to re-do the frame epoxy red like the original ones.

great to ride though, very light.

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