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Title: What year was this made
Post by: eamonn on September 23, 2008, 08:14 PM: Any idea of the year

did they all have 501 butted stamped on the down tube

cheers

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Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: virtualmeuk on September 23, 2008, 08:21 PM: Hang on i will just wake the expert up :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: firebird on September 23, 2008, 08:24 PM: the delta 2 was made from june 83. all the main frame tubes on the Firebirds and the Delta 2's would have the Reynolds 501 stamp on them

cheers steve
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: firebird on September 23, 2008, 08:26 PM: is that the one that was ebay the other day?

cheers steve
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: ron burgundy on September 23, 2008, 08:27 PM: Nice frame, not many about, wrong forks though. I had a NOS Delta II frame set a few years back, you could see the 501 stamp through the chrome in top tube, pretty cool.
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: eamonn on September 23, 2008, 08:30 PM: this one was on ebay for about a day and the seller took it off

there was one on ther but all the chrome was flaking
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: eamonn on September 23, 2008, 08:34 PM: Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on September 23, 2008, 08:27 PM
Nice frame, not many about, wrong forks though. I had a NOS Delta II frame set a few years back, you could see the 501 stamp through the chrome in top tube, pretty cool.

This one is stamped on the down tube?
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: firebird on September 23, 2008, 08:35 PM: just looking at the forks, they don't even look like firebird forks. so did you put an offer in and the seller pulled it?
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: eamonn on September 23, 2008, 08:41 PM: Yes pulled it

the forks not sure? nice tig welds though
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: firebird on September 23, 2008, 08:41 PM: here you go,

these are Firebird fork drop outs

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a352/esemdesign/firebirdforkdropouts.jpg)

and these are Delta 2 fork drop outs

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a352/esemdesign/delta2forkdropouts.jpg)
Title: Re: What year was this made
Post by: virtualmeuk on September 23, 2008, 08:46 PM: See told you he was the expert :daumenhoch: