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Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« on: April 11, 2016, 03:45 PM »
I've got some later copies of Freestyle BMX that I got from Alan's and I stumbled across this article on custom Vincent frames that were made ...

According to the article you could design your own frameset and have any crazy colour combo you wanted ...


Anybody know anything more on these..
How many customs were actually made ?
Are there any survivors of these out there ?









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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2016, 04:27 PM »
I do vaguely remember this, although had long forgotten about it til now! I certainly remember them doing a service like Dp did where you could send your frame/ forks/bars to Vincent for a custom paint job. £100 for a custom frame seems awesome value when you consider most good American frames were £150 ish at the time.
the trouble is probably only the most experienced riders would have known what they wanted as regards frame geometry. If someone hd offered to build me custom frame back then I wouldn't of had a clue what to specify!! I wonder if Pepe Winder had a custom frame/s when he rode for Vincent?
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2016, 04:35 PM »
It's does mention that Pepe and Paul Hudsion  had a hand in the designs in the article mate  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2016, 04:38 PM »
It's does mention that Pepe and Paul Hudsion  had a hand in the designs in the article mate  :daumenhoch:

I don't suppose you fancy posting the rest Ant?!! I read the first page and was gutted I couldn't continue!!  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2016, 05:09 PM »
I had an Airzone with custom paint, base was ford Olympic blue & electric blue where all the tubes met, I got it from custom riders. It was bent & cracked after a couple of weeks, like most Airzones!
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2016, 05:37 PM »
It's does mention that Pepe and Paul Hudsion  had a hand in the designs in the article mate  :daumenhoch:

I don't suppose you fancy posting the rest Ant?!! I read the first page and was gutted I couldn't continue!!  :daumenhoch:

Will do but I bloody put all me mags away earlier ( I've got loads lol ) give me some time Damo!
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2016, 09:32 PM »





Just for you Damo mate!
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2016, 09:59 PM »
here's 2 im working on at the moment

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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2016, 10:01 PM »
Lovely stuff mate  "wantit" :4_17_5:
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2016, 10:14 PM »
Cheers buddy  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2016, 10:30 PM »
 :) They def made a few custom frames-one of our club members has a custom race frame from
way back:)
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2016, 10:31 PM »
Cheers ant, appreciate the effort...interesting read. I wonder how many people had a custom made?  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Custom Vincent Frames in 87
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2016, 10:09 AM »
I'm guessing not that many Damo, this was getting towards the end of vinny & Wonder if it was an effort to try & get some frames moving. The airzone was far & away the best selling model , I wonder if Bernie was stuck with a few & came up with this marketing idea. I've adds from the late 80's selling airzone off for 75 quid & fully built with decent parts for 200 !!!

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