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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: japanbmx on November 20, 2009, 01:31 AM

Title: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: japanbmx on November 20, 2009, 01:31 AM

a rare insight and some fantastic early pictures from royboy on ozbmx;

http://www.ozbmx.com.au/index.php'showtopic=8632&st=0

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s128/bultaco1/cookbros77a-1.jpg)

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: hunterdubber on November 20, 2009, 07:15 AM

Is that Dennis dain in the top pic ?


Great pics  :4_17_5: and Cook bos frames are proper nice  :smitten:

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: (((sonic))) on November 20, 2009, 07:20 AM

Cool Xav, a blast from the past!   :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: Mattdub on November 20, 2009, 08:16 AM

Quote from: Hunterdubber on November 20, 2009, 07:15 AM

Is that Dennis dain in the top pic ?


Great pics  :4_17_5: and Cook bos frames are proper nice  :smitten:

That'll be Dennis  ;)

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: Dennis Dain on November 21, 2009, 06:16 PM

Is nothing sacred? I even have pictures from where I work BITD! :)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o29/saunirae/WorkingatCooks.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o29/saunirae/WorkinatCooks.jpg)

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: Surf911s on January 10, 2010, 06:37 PM

Awesome stuff/

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: jT Racing on January 12, 2010, 12:52 AM

love the cook bros van :4_17_5:

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: trickydeno on January 18, 2010, 09:47 PM

cook bros. are geezers  8)

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: hunterdubber on January 18, 2010, 10:29 PM

Their cranks are on my next build  :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

Title: Re: inside the cook brothers factory 1977
Post by: Dennis Dain on January 19, 2010, 05:59 AM

I have a picture somewhere of Gary Cook handing me a $100 bill in front of that same van. It was contingency money for winning a trophy dash at a national. 8)