Mongoose Identification Required Please

[StellaAtoiz]

I am trying to identify what the following frame is for someone, they tell me they also have the forks but this is all I have to go on at the moment

Frame No. M80E23280

Can any Mongoose based experts help at all

....or is the clue on the seat post decal "expert"

[TELLIS302000]

Thats a Californian made at the Merida factory, Taiwan, June 1988....

Antony

[StellaAtoiz]

Thanks A - job done

[TELLIS302000]

Im no Mongoose expert though so maybe someone will correct me but im pretty sure thats right! 

[kdw712]

look at the 87 cat
http://www.vintagemongoose.com/pdfs/mongoose_cat87.pdf

expert was available in classic chrome
but the decals had changed

double check the serial

[TELLIS302000]

Yeah might be an Expert then.

The earlier 'experts' seat stay was welded above the top tube.

[kdw712]

from just those pics i would say 83 / 84 expert
but that don't tie to the serial provided 

85 had same decals but rivet fixed head badge not a decal

86 had different decals

87 decals had changed again

thats not to say those decals weren't applied later in its life though . . . .   

[StellaAtoiz]

cheers chaps - great help as always

[Jaymz]

so to sum up

mid eighties expert 83-86

[TELLIS302000]

so to sum up

mid eighties expert 83-86

I would say it could be an 87 - 88 expert, the earlier experts ie 83 had seat stays that were welded above the TT like i have already stated.

Like this...  http://www.vintagemongoose.com/products/expert.php

A