[vintage chromoly]

hello all.

this is the july 1983 gt pro that i was conflicted on using the og down tube decal on. i ended up using the decal after having it stored for over five years. i tend to ponder things awhile.

the frame and fork are original chrome and still had the og nora cup decals on the steer tube and the seat tube. i put an original "coin" decal on the head tube and last night i placed the og down tube decal on the frame. i'm still looking for a set of real fork decals. PLEASE contact me if you can help.

the bars are og chrome "nelson chanady" bars and the seatpost is all og too.

i have it built with an original set of gt tires that were mine from childhood. (i try to use an original piece from my childhood parts on all my bikes) and the tuffs are real aluminum flange as well. i have a pair of super clean blue araya 7x i'm going to lace to a pair of sunshine sealed hubs in blue/silver. i like the mags but i'm a "spokes" guy.

this bike is really similar to a gt i had as a kid that was stolen. same cranks, bars, seat, pedals, post, neck etc...

my next dilemma on this build is whether or not to open this og "santa ana" bar pad or to wait for a stem and bar pad to surface that is "clean used".

anyhow here it is:

the nos bar pad and decal


the bike


sugino gt cranks


another


side view

[vintage chromoly]

oh yeah, the "cleveland special, just to sweeten the deal" acs seatpost clamp.

[Spur]

vintage chromoly, on 19 February 2012 - 03:10 PM, said:

oh yeah, the "cleveland special, just to sweeten the deal" acs seatpost clamp.

Too funny. Totally forgot about that clown.

[oldschoolbmx]

Super cool ride, and I love your attention to detail!

As for that pad... I am all for keeping NOS stuff in it's package, but ultimately that is just a dirty old bag that MIGHT discolor the pad. If it was me, I would carefull remove the staples from the cardboard at the top, and then close the bag back up and save it. Technically it won't be NOS NIB, but you will still have the packaging as it came.

Although remembering the packaging is part of it all, I don't remember anything coming out of a box BITD. Bars hung on begboard, brakes, cranks, sprockets, stems and even pedals were loose in a display case. Wheels hung from the rafters.