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Title: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: ED209 on September 01, 2010, 01:57 PM
I've got a set of bare metal unstamped Landing Gear forks that I need to sell on as my project ideas have changed from old to mid school  :angel:

I'm getting them painted and I have some gold decals from Alans... but I can't decide if they should be painted black or white?

Is there a set or historical colour that should be used with the gold decals?

TIA  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: brummie on September 01, 2010, 02:05 PM
if they are being sold on here you could stick them up as painted any colour the buyer wants? might get them shifted quicker?? black would look the best with the gold decals but you could always sell the decals seperately ( the gold look great on the cornflower blue ones )
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: ED209 on September 01, 2010, 02:39 PM
if they are being sold on here you could stick them up as painted any colour the buyer wants? might get them shifted quicker?? black would look the best with the gold decals but you could always sell the decals seperately ( the gold look great on the cornflower blue ones )

Cheers Brummie - I was gonna go black with the gold - is the cornflower blue a standard colour to source?
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: brettypeeps on September 01, 2010, 03:01 PM
if they are being sold on here you could stick them up as painted any colour the buyer wants?

x2  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: brass monkey! on September 01, 2010, 03:08 PM
if you plan to sell them i ageree with the others, leave em raw so you have a wider audience to sell em to...

back to your original Q;

stock LG's came in Baby Blue, Candy Red, White, or SE Tan with gold decals. Also dark SE Blue, Brown and of course Chrome were other stock colours BITD :daumenhoch:


How much do you want for them raw Ed? I may be interested...?  :)

Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: ED209 on September 01, 2010, 03:15 PM
Errrr... 'raw' is now not an option  ::) ha ha

They are now primed in a nice shade of grey.

I was gonna get them up on 'good ol' Ebay with the offer of painting them enamel white or black with gold decals for £80 and see what happened  :-X

There's no other unstamped old style ones on t'bay at the mo so I was hoping they would bring in some £££ so I can get my new project going.
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: brass monkey! on September 01, 2010, 03:24 PM
Errrr... 'raw' is now not an option  ::) ha ha

They are now primed in a nice shade of grey.

I was gonna get them up on 'good ol' Ebay with the offer of painting them enamel white or black with gold decals for £80 and see what happened  :-X

There's no other unstamped old style ones on t'bay at the mo so I was hoping they would bring in some £££ so I can get my new project going.

we fade to grey...............

how much 'grey' then...?

Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: brettypeeps on September 01, 2010, 03:24 PM
For the t'bay I would have them Black... think they will do better painted on the t'Bay :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: ED209 on September 01, 2010, 08:02 PM
For the t'bay I would have them Black... think they will do better painted on the t'Bay :daumenhoch:

Cheers Brett

Black it is with gold decals and see what the wide world wants to pay.

Sorry to those who PM'd me about them - gotta try and make a little on them to fund my new project  :angel:
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: pickle on September 02, 2010, 10:14 AM
i've got some very nice early unstamped ones in candy red if anyones interested  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: ED209 on September 02, 2010, 10:28 AM
Rob you Hijacker  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: pickle on September 02, 2010, 11:04 AM
 :LolLolLolLol:  gotta use all avenues open to you mate  ;)

to be honest i don't have a clue what they're worth!  ::)
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: ED209 on September 02, 2010, 11:34 AM
Don't blame you bud  ;)

I'll tell you what mine go for in the land of ebay  :-X

:LolLolLolLol:  gotta use all avenues open to you mate  ;)

to be honest i don't have a clue what they're worth!  ::)
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: pickle on September 02, 2010, 11:38 AM
Yeah id be interested to know......don't forget to add in your auction description that Vert-ego sells em for £299  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Landing Gear fork colour question
Post by: ED209 on September 02, 2010, 11:54 AM
Rob please... as if I would ever use that  >:D
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