Author Topic: The rare star lands (Read 3420 times)

oldschoolace · « **on:** January 14, 2013, 08:29 PM »

Got home today to find an oddly square box in the east wing study

Was expecting a frame and forks but the box also had a set of original bars, 4 spinner pegs, acs rotor and front weinmann brake smuggled away in the crazy assortment of packing materials

Honestly i think the seller must have been diving around in the bins behind lidl but it did the job

And to put you out of your mistery misery, its a Starway Freemaster pro

Jaymz · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2013, 08:30 PM »

Nice. Fella

deeman · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2013, 08:33 PM »

WOW!love it Clint,never guessed that.Are they French?Look alot better than MBK's.It looks like the lovechild of a Scwinn freeform and a decade.Can't wait to see it built

deeman · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2013, 08:34 PM »

What year is it?87/88?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2013, 08:37 PM »

Cheers. 87 full chromo

glenboy · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2013, 08:37 PM »

nice one no f00ker was going to guess that one , looks good the frame half white and chrome

Discostu · « **Reply #6 on:** January 14, 2013, 08:39 PM »

It looks great. Very dacade'ish in the half chrome half paint.
It will be good to see it when it's finished. Are you going for half chrome half paint?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #7 on:** January 14, 2013, 08:42 PM »

Not sure what i'm doing with it yet, had some crazy ideas but now i have seen it in the flesh i may go the chrome and paint route

Darren KAP · « **Reply #8 on:** January 14, 2013, 09:11 PM »

Thats one cool find bud . I love the chrome n white in the pic i think you should do that unless your heart is set on pink.

is it gonna be done for the Rad meets

oldschoolace · « **Reply #9 on:** January 14, 2013, 09:23 PM »

Dont know when it will be done Darren, would be nice to give it a few runs out.
The chrome is alot thicker in the unpainted areas and in decent rider nick, where the paint went its much thinner, i guess to save time/money etc so if i painted it stock she could be a decent rider straight out the box

Looking at a few peregrine parts for it as they were stock but i may throw a few oddities on it as its such an unusual bird

deeman · « **Reply #10 on:** January 14, 2013, 11:17 PM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on January 14, 2013, 09:23 PM

Dont know when it will be done Darren, would be nice to give it a few runs out.
The chrome is alot thicker in the unpainted areas and in decent rider nick, where the paint went its much thinner, i guess to save time/money etc so if i painted it stock she could be a decent rider straight out the box

Looking at a few peregrine parts for it as they were stock but i may throw a few oddities on it as its such an unusual bird

Sounds like it was painted before and someone stripped it

wildon · « **Reply #11 on:** January 14, 2013, 11:20 PM »

yeah chrome and white looks cool .. dont see that often

Jaan · « **Reply #12 on:** January 14, 2013, 11:37 PM »

Well I'd never have guessed that frame set - don't think I've ever come across it before. Love the white and chrome combo

oldschoolace · « **Reply #13 on:** January 14, 2013, 11:52 PM »

Quote from: deeman on January 14, 2013, 11:17 PM

Sounds like it was painted before and someone stripped it

Yeah i recon so, there is a distinctive change in the chrome finish and a suggestion of the original colour inside the bb

deeman · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2013, 12:00 AM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on January 14, 2013, 11:52 PM

Quote from: deeman on January 14, 2013, 11:17 PM

Sounds like it was painted before and someone stripped it

Yeah i recon so, there is a distinctive change in the chrome finish and a suggestion of the original colour inside the bb

was it white Clint?'maybe a trip to the painters before you build it??

oldschoolace · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2013, 12:16 AM »

Oddly enough there is a sort of Haro coral pink inside the bb but white here and there on the frame. Will probably go with the white if i do paint it

double chevron · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2013, 09:38 AM »

Starway... it crossed my mind while reading your guess topic, but I thought no way

BMX1973 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2013, 02:58 PM »

Looking forward to seeing it built up.

Andy1970 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 15, 2013, 09:50 PM »

I like that.The white and chrome for me.You just need to get a pair of those mirrored wrap around shades now.

oldschoolace · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2013, 12:00 AM »

Yeah i like your thinking with the glasses, anyone know what they were called?
Had a quick look on the bay but no luck

chubby · « **Reply #20 on:** January 16, 2013, 10:18 PM »

yet another cool & different frame set, can't wait to see it built up.....
great find you lucky bugger

oldschoolace · « **Reply #21 on:** January 21, 2013, 12:14 AM »

Had an eventfull evening with this, decided to give the chrome a bit of a polish to see what sort of finish i could expect. Well please with the results.
The areas which had the thicker chrome came up a treat and minus the odd blemish here and there will look great once painted saving me a fair few bob an a rechrome.

Better still the geometry kept catching my eye and made me dig out a tape measure.... 19 3/4 inch top tube

Seems very roomy for an 87 frame, anyone know of anything similar length wise of that age?

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