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Title: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: db-oldskool on December 11, 2006, 10:02 PM
This is the whole lot of'em,I need to remember to power wash & re-stain the picnic table this spring.   :LolLolLolLol:

The list as follows.
Every one is a looptail.  :smitten:

The black/yellow complete,unknown year/model DB proto.  ???
The red/gold complete,81 Mini Pro.
The chrome/black complete,my 82 Survivor Streak.
The red frame,78 Pro.
The blue f/f,80 Med Pro.
The chrome f/f behind the blue,79 Pro.
The multicolor frame,80 Mini Pro.
The black f/f,85 Mini/Pit Viper.
The chrome f/f behind the Mini Viper,83 Viper.

There are two more frames that I forgot to put in the pic.  :-[

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b13/joecustom/grp3.jpg't=1165871084)

Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: Mattdub on December 11, 2006, 10:06 PM
They look awesome Ken , all nice and early  :daumenhoch:

Does the red 78 have a single plate headtube gusset ? .

Matt
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: kdw712 on December 11, 2006, 10:10 PM
WOW

some how they look even better when you see them all together

 :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: db-oldskool on December 11, 2006, 10:13 PM
They look awesome Ken , all nice and early  :daumenhoch:

Does the red 78 have a single plate headtube gusset ? .

Matt

Thanks. ;)

Nope,it's a double plate.Square brake bridge & FMF dropouts.
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: danny silverstreak on December 11, 2006, 10:47 PM
i do love a DB  :smitten: :smitten:
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: Mattdub on December 11, 2006, 10:59 PM
They look awesome Ken , all nice and early  :daumenhoch:

Does the red 78 have a single plate headtube gusset ? .

Matt

Thanks. ;)

Nope,it's a double plate.Square brake bridge & FMF dropouts.

Doh ! wrong again  :LolLolLolLol: . It just looked a little inset  :-[. Like them all set up like that , which is the next project ? maybe we can follow progress ? .
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: db-oldskool on December 11, 2006, 11:35 PM
The only single gusset DB is the Mini/Pit Viper.That thing is tiny. :laugh:
A closer look at both.
As far as what's next on the build list,that depends on what I can find.
When you have this many whatever you come across cheap,that's the order of the build list. :laugh:

Every one in the group pic is a survivor & needs a facelift,except the red/gold complete Mini & the 79 Pro f/f,those are Total NOS. :smitten:
The 78 is beat up pretty good. :'(

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b13/joecustom/dbpitviper.jpg't=1165878005)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b13/joecustom/reddb1.jpg't=1165878067)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: se on December 11, 2006, 11:59 PM
That red and gold mini is a beaut. Nice change of colour scheme for a DB.
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: db-oldskool on December 12, 2006, 03:39 AM
That red and gold mini is a beaut. Nice change of colour scheme for a DB.


Yes.......the early DB's (77,78,79) came in 4 different colors of f/f sets. :shocked:
White,Blue,Red & Black,DB chose to loose the white & black f/f colors starting with the 80 lineup leaving red,blue or chrome as your only choice.
Then of course chrome became the only choice til the Turbo & Turbo Lite came out,the only other colored f/f was the Super Viper & Super Streak & the one year wonder "Grey Turbo". :laugh:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b13/joecustom/dbcat5.jpg't=1165893043)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: Bob_Acid on December 12, 2006, 04:03 AM
Grey turbo? got any pictures of that Ken?
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: db-oldskool on December 12, 2006, 04:41 AM
I think so,I'll have to look around.
Somebody in the U.K. had one on the bay last year,he wanted a mint for it & it never sold.I don't know if he's a member here or not,if so then I'm sure he'll see this thread & post some pics but I'll still look for mine. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: kdw712 on December 12, 2006, 09:01 AM
i have a test i can scan - give me ten mins
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: kdw712 on December 12, 2006, 09:23 AM
this is the 1985 turbo think this is what you mean

pretty big pics cos there some great pics of HL

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/85%20grey%20turbo%20test/85turbop01sml.jpg)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: kdw712 on December 12, 2006, 09:23 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/85%20grey%20turbo%20test/85turbop02sml.jpg)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: kdw712 on December 12, 2006, 09:23 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/85%20grey%20turbo%20test/85turbop03sml.jpg)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: kdw712 on December 12, 2006, 09:24 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/85%20grey%20turbo%20test/85turbop04sml.jpg)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: kdw712 on December 12, 2006, 09:24 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/85%20grey%20turbo%20test/85turbop05sml.jpg)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: Bob_Acid on December 13, 2006, 04:17 AM
tip top, well done kev ;)
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: db-oldskool on December 13, 2006, 05:52 AM
That's the one,thanks so much for posting that. :daumenhoch:
It was not liked very much here in the states,which probably explains why you never see them. :laugh:
Title: Re: The whole famn damily,mostly under construction. LOL
Post by: lazychubs on December 13, 2006, 07:02 PM
very nice collection ya got there
must get another foe me boy lol
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