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Title: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 02, 2005, 11:13 PM: ;) rescued this gt from a skip at work looking for ideas on restoration , ie paint colours, wheels etc .

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Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: ORB on September 02, 2005, 11:17 PM: CHRIST!!!!

That has the power to be a beauty

All it needs is a strip, and a bath, then a re build

New rubber bits and you have a minter!
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: ORB on September 02, 2005, 11:18 PM: hold on

forks and bars are bent?
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 02, 2005, 11:26 PM: :-[ girlfreind has just taken the mick out of my photography ! shes right doesnt do it justice ! every thing wobbly but seems to b fine .
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: fuzzynod on September 02, 2005, 11:33 PM: How do you guys do it ? All I pull out of our skip is last weeks sandwiches! :(
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 02, 2005, 11:40 PM: :) i know the other guys didnt share my excitment . cant wait to get started !
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: ORB on September 02, 2005, 11:42 PM: do you eat em?
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: ORB on September 02, 2005, 11:42 PM: if you want to trade it as is, i have a real early GT frame fork and bars i would swap ;)
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: fuzzynod on September 02, 2005, 11:44 PM: Quote from: ORB on September 02, 2005, 11:42 PM
do you eat em?
No mate there so hard I use em as brake blocks!
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 02, 2005, 11:59 PM: ??? not looking to trade ! i was looking for thoughts . first project !! :D
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: darren on September 02, 2005, 11:59 PM: you should have got the skip instead. ;D
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 03, 2005, 12:03 AM: ;) couldnt fit the skip in my van !
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: fuzzynod on September 03, 2005, 12:10 AM: Seriously Is it the right age to build up as a Fiola replica the yellow bike was oh so nice .
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 03, 2005, 12:20 AM: :-[ like i said first project . not sure on its D.O.B
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: fuzzynod on September 03, 2005, 12:24 AM: Ask stodgy he's a bit of an expert on them He's just restoring his own 84 model
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 03, 2005, 12:33 AM: ;) will do thanx .
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: Dollarbill on September 03, 2005, 05:48 PM: Looks like an early 90's jobbie to me so a bit 'new' to do a true Fiola rep, having said that, I've got an '87 GT sat in my garage right now in a rather fetching shade of custard yellow. The serial number of the frame should tell you when it was born. eg, if it starts 0491 then the frame was made April 91 etc. Keep us posted on the rebuild, love them GTs me.
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 04, 2005, 05:44 PM: ??? serial number is KGIH 2754 stickers say it was built in USA .
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: Stodgy on September 05, 2005, 10:14 AM: Dollarbill is right is looks like early 90's (with the new GT logo and no platform cross brace tube), so a Fiola rep wouldn't be the best route...I would suggest a re-chrome with black parts...that'll fit the era.

Nice find dude! Good luck with the build! :)
Title: Re: GT performer
Post by: jona on September 05, 2005, 07:32 PM: ;) cheers guys u have been helpfull. its nice to get some tips of people who no wot there talking about ! :)