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Offline Spartacus

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1982 National Pro Long resto !
« on: June 23, 2012, 11:56 AM »
First of all thank you for dropping in here.... ;)

I'll show you some resto news from over the pond here fellas.

So here I go:

Bought a bike for 50 Usd somewhere in 2011 on a Dutch craiglist, looked like a National Pro





Full breakdown once back home in Belgium. Saw poor chrome and damaged dropouts.
The bummer here is that there were no NP forks on it :(
Though I had some luck that this was a National Pro Long. :)






After some research I saw that CW forks were very similar to NP forks, so I took one out of my shed and changed them into NP.
Flattened the back of the dropout and drilled a hole in it.





Took the frame and some other parts to my painter and picked a color.




He removed the old chrome with a sandblaster , then time achieved to take some care of the dropouts.
Welded the deep washer marks with bras. Edit (BRASS !! not the fish ) :)




After this I've left the frame at the painters factory so the guy could do his job.

When the tubes were getting painted I was thinking which parts to put on the bike and collected everything together.
Some parts I had, others I had to buy or trade. Thanks to some of the locals here for the tyres, bars, grips and brake.

I had only 2 more things to restore, the stem and the pedals.

TN before:




TN after:


Hutch pedals before:


Hutch pedals after, with JDB cages


3 weeks passed by and the painter called me to get my frame back.

Stickered the frame with repro decals


So the time came to get this one assembled and I've finished this today.

I hope you like the result as much as I do , here it is folks !












Partlist:

Frame: National Pro Long frame
Forks: CW transformed to National Pro forks
Handlebar: GT Pro handlebars
Plate: Zeronine
Headset: Tioga beartrap II - Tange locknut
Padset: Repro National Pro padset
Grips: Oakley B2
Stem: Tuf Neck
Seatpost: Hutch
Seat: Elina Lightning bolt
Seatclamp: Dia Compe hinged double bolted
Crank: Terry Cable 170 mm
Chainring: Pro Neck 43T
Chaindisc: polished Tuf Neck
Chainring bolts: Tuf Neck
Pedals: Hutch brown bearing - JDB cages
Chain: Silver Izumi
Brakes: Dia Compe MX 1000 with Weinnman adjuster - Kool Stop pads
Brakelever: Dia Compe MX Tech 3 lever
Rims: Araya 7X chrome
Hubs: Bullseye red/blue
Tyres: Irc bmx racer Z-1 20 x 1.75
« Last Edit: June 23, 2012, 11:58 AM by spartacus »

Offline rooski

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2012, 12:05 PM »
Thats a great resto :smitten:

You would have been hard pressed to find some forks,the CW ones fit the bill nicely :daumenhoch:

Tis a fine looking bike,looks good in white :smitten:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2012, 12:09 PM »
those tyres really set the bike off :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2012, 12:25 PM »
 :smitten:    :4_17_5:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2012, 12:25 PM »
What a great resto that is. The finIshed bike is awesome  :smitten:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2012, 12:25 PM »
I love it, simply stunning. :smitten:
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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2012, 12:38 PM »
Awesome  :4_17_5:

What a transformation, you've done a great job  8)
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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2012, 12:40 PM »
Very very nice that ...  :4_17_5: looks great in white ...  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2012, 12:41 PM »
stunning khaled :smitten:
lovely,lovely job
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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2012, 12:47 PM »
Looks awsome!  :4_17_5:

thought it was a Grifter when I saw the first  pic? :D

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2012, 12:48 PM »

Very nice , good work !  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2012, 12:49 PM »

thought it was a Grifter when I saw the first  pic? :D


Same here !  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2012, 12:51 PM »

thought it was a Grifter when I saw the first  pic? :D

 :daumenhoch:

 :2funny:

Seriously, though; nice build!  :smitten:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2012, 01:03 PM »
God Damn Khaled  :shocked:

Love it  :smitten:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2012, 01:07 PM »
Thank you guys, much appreciated !!

 ;)


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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2012, 01:31 PM »
Awesome build. Love your work.  :smitten:
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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2012, 02:58 PM »
Loved it before.. But that is lovely.. Great work :4_17_5:
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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2012, 05:24 PM »
Ah so that was what the Gt bars were for.....

Great work khaled  :4_17_5:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2012, 05:49 PM »
great resto and build khaled :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2012, 06:16 PM »
probably the best looking bike i've seen this year, love the pearl white finish, and you have even managed to pull off coloured tyres on a race bike...

faultless!!!   :4_17_5:
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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2012, 06:36 PM »
Wow !


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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2012, 07:32 PM »
amazing transformation , looks great , luvin it  :smitten:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2012, 06:22 AM »
Love it great resto story, nicely thought out and it all works well unlike the other white one someone did.
I like the couple of picture shots where you got the same pose for the before and after transformation too.  :daumenhoch: :coolsmiley: :smitten:
I like it the more i look at it and the before...... well the more i look at that the more i am convinced someone needs arresting  :police: :)


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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2012, 08:37 AM »
That's come out awesome! Top work  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1982 National Pro Long resto !
« Reply #24 on: June 25, 2012, 01:22 PM »
Seriously nice resto.  :4_17_5:

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