Author Topic: I've found a true survivor ;-) (Read 1529 times)

Olliecw · « **on:** April 22, 2007, 10:03 PM »

Hello all
I had to go round my girlfriends mum & dads house to day to fit a new bathroom light......When i got in the loft to sort out the wiring i saw looming in the corner a bmx

To my amazment there standing untouched since the early 80's was a mongoose california lite

It still has all the genuine parts down to the pads and stickers.I spoke to the dad about it and said he bought it for the girls around 82-83 ish but counld'nt remember the actual year.Can anyone tell me the year of this bike and is it a cali lite.
I 've already got the bike stripped down ready for a good clean up and i will be keeping it as a survivor as its in great condition

Here a couple of pics of the project bike
Thanks
Ollie

brass monkey! · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:09 PM »

good find mate,

all i found in my loft when we moved house was dust and an empty suitcase

jimwise68 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:15 PM »

California Lite is just the name of the padset.

The mongoose california is the later bike (without the O gusset).

Don't know the exact model of yours, but it may just be called a Mongoose.

Great find with some choice parts and in awesome condition.

bodamus · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:22 PM »

I think that's earlier than an 82-83 Model. Great find can't quite see but that looks like it could be a proper Mongoose Gold Stem under the stem pad aswell.

Nice

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:29 PM »

Mongoose 2, i think 80-82. Great score

Olliecw · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:38 PM »

A couple more pics

The frames coming up a treat at the mo

ghostriderx · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:39 PM »

nice find mate

i thought it looked very similar to this wire wheel i had new in 1980

Deano

bmxmatt1974 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:47 PM »

great find that

RATTY · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:57 PM »

mongoose stainless steel bars

Olliecw · « **Reply #9 on:** April 22, 2007, 11:00 PM »

Thanks for all ya comments chaps

I'll get some more photos up through the clean up job

Ollie

rakas17 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 22, 2007, 11:07 PM »

looks pretty dope, nice flats spots on the tyres.. meet me at harrow skatepark in the morning, i wanna try i flipwhip out of bowl 4 on it

Olliecw · « **Reply #11 on:** April 22, 2007, 11:14 PM »

or work the snake backwards and poppin out with a 180 bar spin

real tech moves

Ollie

Coastvl · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2007, 09:27 AM »

October 82 Mongoose. Great score. Looks awsome.

kdw712 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2007, 11:43 AM »

Wicked find

with some top orig bits

Stodgy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2007, 01:02 PM »

Great find!!!

jT Racing · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2007, 08:06 PM »

sweet find

last of the gusseted geese. dubbel clamp stem, goose stainless bars all in all a nice survivor, just leave it as is and it's cool.

Olliecw · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2007, 09:07 PM »

Thanks again all

I'm gonna just clean the bits up but not change anything on it .(except the tyres & cables)
It's surprisingly all cleaning up good so far

it's been a bit of a job polishing each spoke up though

Ollie

login_user · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2007, 09:13 PM »

Quote from: Olliecw on April 23, 2007, 09:07 PM

Thanks again all
I'm gonna just clean the bits up but not change anything on it .(except the tyres & cables)
It's surprisingly all cleaning up good so far it's been a bit of a job polishing each spoke up though
Ollie

Use one of those green brillo type pads first on the spokes,then polish them.

Olliecw · « **Reply #18 on:** April 23, 2007, 10:41 PM »

Thanks
I have used red scotch bright pads and some autosol.but it's taking some time

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