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DP Ltd. Ed. GL Plus Firebird ...25 years in the basement...

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...and here's the bike in its prime back in 85/86 ridden my Mr Will Blomfield. I've just been reading my old ABMX's and I'm sure he turned his peak upside down after reading the article on Mon's barn ramp.

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Couple of other pictures from when I just got this bike.

Fully stripped now and in the process of being sanded. Firebird Steve did the research on re-creating the original Ni-Bronze finish and it was coming in at around £300 with no real guarantee that it would be the colour we were after. As an alternative I've been looking at Krylon Metallic Enamal Dark Anodized Bronze or Light bronze & Dupli-Colour's Metalcast Smoke spray to try and get a comparable colour ( on a budget! ) - anyone ever tried a chrome spray? is it anything like chrome?

Whilst the Ladder Bar hunt continues I've got some 'ready to paint' GT Bars off Mr Steven Costa and I'm busy restoring as many of the original parts as I can to keep it true to its original build. Changes so far are VF Rock Bars for GT, Powerglide grips for White Ame Rounds, no name steel chainwheel for Tuf Neck ( thanks again Steve Costa ), broken bearing raced Tange Headset for Tioga Beartrap NOS - Tange BB for sealed Tioga BB.

Looking for : decals for Rickman layback, a rear OGK and a buyer for the VF Rock Bars.

... now back to the sanding  :daumenhoch:

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