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Offline Church

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1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« on: July 20, 2015, 04:46 PM »
Five years ago , a friend of mine scored this NATIONAL PRO LONG in a bad shape , he was decided to do something good with it but he had not many time to start the resto , so he trust on me to do it ...
In 2011 , it was time to rebuild the survivor ... Almost the parts used are cominG from other survivor bikes and are restored , only tires , hubs , forks and padset are NOS ... And some updates with new pics today ...



























FRAME : NATIONAL PRO LONG 83
FORK : NATIONAL PRO NOS
HEADSET : TANGE MX3
SEAT POST CLAMP : TANGE
SEAT POST : CROMO
SEAT: AERO
HANDLEBAR : HUTCH PRO RAIDER
STEM : PRO NECK
GRIPS : OAKLEY .5
BRAKE LEVERS : TECH 3
BRAKE : DIA COMPE MX 1000
PADS : DIA COMPE
RIMS : ARAYA 7X 1.75
HUBS : SUZUE LOOZE BOAL
TIRES : KENDA US LINE 20 X 1.75
FREEWHEELS : SUNTOUR 16 T
CRANKS : TAKAGI
SPIDER : PRO NECK
CHAIN RING : TUFF NECK 44 T
BOTTOM B : TIOGA
PEDALS : MKS
CHAIN : KMC
PLATE : AERO
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Offline pickle

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2015, 05:22 PM »
Man that is tasty!!!   cracking job at bringing that back to life mate  :4_17_5:

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2015, 05:47 PM »
Top skills there buddy  :daumenhoch:
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Offline factory pilot

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2015, 05:58 PM »
Top work Church!!! A fantastic resto :4_17_5:
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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2015, 06:10 PM »
lovely resto,would have gone with the flite cranks to really top it off though :4_17_5:
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2015, 06:12 PM »
Nice turnaround on that.... looks sweet.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2015, 06:25 PM »
That looks great. I love a national pro!

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2015, 06:49 PM »
Nice job Church, your mate was wise to trust you.  :4_17_5:


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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2015, 07:10 PM »
Top resto skills right there Church!  :4_17_5:

Very, very nice mate. I've just finished building one of these and they really are a lovely frame set, especially the LONG version.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2015, 02:05 PM »
Lovely save, turned out great.


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Offline Mikku

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2015, 02:50 PM »
Great job but (and this is not a criticism) I love that survivor!!! That is exactly what I dream of finding one day!!
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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2015, 02:57 PM »
Great work Church, turned out lovely  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2015, 06:19 PM »
Nice resto Chris.  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2015, 02:17 AM »
Tres jolie  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2015, 07:23 PM »
Thanks for all the comments   :) :daumenhoch:
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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2015, 09:04 PM »
Cracking job!!  :4_17_5:

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« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2015, 09:52 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2015, 02:25 AM »
Wow! Beautiful!!


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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2015, 10:21 AM »
I thought I'd already commented on this  :idiot2:

Excellent job on the resto Church, It's looking great now  :daumenhoch:

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2015, 09:06 AM »
Top job that

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« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2016, 08:04 PM »
Not top job on the resto  :4_17_5:

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« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2016, 09:39 PM »
Great work there, everything looks spot on, I like the opc on there :4_17_5:

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Re: 1983 National pro Long rescued ...
« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2016, 01:27 AM »
Nice work Chris..... Looks amazing  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #23 on: February 04, 2016, 06:49 AM »
Definitely worth another look.. This ones really gorgeous "wantit"
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