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ghostriderx

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Anyone know the year of this GT
« on: November 03, 2007, 05:52 PM »
Got this today from a car boot sale

anyone know the year of it

it has a frame no. 483121249 with tange forks

and is it any good to anyone ???






cheers

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2007, 05:58 PM »
Could be an 83, looks an early one, nice find

ghostriderx

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2007, 07:27 PM »
sounds good to me mate not bad for £8 then

the rest of it is knackerd apart from the stem which is mint apart from rusty bolts, dont know what make the bars are tho but they seem ok




cheers deano



dcostello

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2007, 08:41 PM »
From my limited knowledge and according to a serial number guide on bmxmuseum.com that serial gives the following info:

Serial number breaks down to 4/83/12/1249

4: This is a pro size frame
83: Built in '83
12: December

and was frame no 1249 that year.






ghostriderx

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2007, 09:03 PM »
thanks mate for that info  :daumenhoch:

so if i was to restore this where would i get the decals from  :-\

not seen any repo's like the ones thats on it

Deano

dcostello

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2007, 09:23 PM »
Had a quick sniff about and the decals on the frame now are '89.
Not sure if they were introduced in '89 but they're in the '89 catalogue.



'83 repos are definitely available, in fact I'm sure one of the GT heads on this forum could sort you out.  :)

BTW... BARGAIN!

If you wanted to replace the tange forks there are undrilled GT santa ana forks from '82 on ebay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110187204061&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001




ghostriderx

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2007, 09:44 PM »
Thanks a lot for this mate

we thought it more recent decals had been put on it too

so what would the original 83 decals have looked like

anyone :-\

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2007, 09:47 PM »
Like these......


dcostello

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2007, 09:53 PM »
pretty much like this



Those are the ones available from www.bmxmuseum.com but someone here might have better repops or a source closer to home.


aditup 2234

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2007, 09:41 PM »
Those decs are slightly too late. They should have "santa ana california" under the GT logo.
Ad  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2007, 09:42 PM »

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2007, 09:52 PM »
pretty much like this



Those are the ones available from www.bmxmuseum.com but someone here might have better repops or a source closer to home.



Doesn't Bill Curtin from Vintage have the license to repop these "officially"?  Think I've seen them on the bay and they look very good  :daumenhoch:


Better to crash and burn than fade away

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2007, 10:03 PM »
pretty much like this



Those are the ones available from www.bmxmuseum.com but someone here might have better repops or a source closer to home.





Doesn't Bill Curtin from Vintage have the license to repop these "officially"?  Think I've seen them on the bay and they look very good  :daumenhoch:






plop
« Last Edit: November 06, 2007, 10:06 PM by QUADROPHENIA »

dj_benice

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2007, 10:05 PM »
 

an 83 deserves to have the 82 nora cup really and the fork decals should be slightly shorter than the downtube one.

wildwood1971

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2007, 10:14 PM »
8 quid FFS thats a bargain in anyones book - a sticker set will cost you more than that - in fact theres a frame only on the bay with under a day to go that at a hundred squid - and i bet it tops that - well done mate - i've paid a lot lot more than that for mine  :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2007, 10:18 PM »
pretty much like this



Those are the ones available from www.bmxmuseum.com but someone here might have better repops or a source closer to home.

Doesn't Bill Curtin from Vintage have the license to repop these "officially"?  Think I've seen them on the bay and they look very good  :daumenhoch:

plop

They not that good then Pete?  Was thinking of a set to go on my GT24 if I get it re-powdered in black to give it a proper old school look  :-\


Better to crash and burn than fade away

dcostello

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Re: Anyone know the year of this GT
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2007, 10:36 PM »
Those decs are slightly too late. They should have "santa ana california" under the GT logo.
Ad  :daumenhoch:

yep, was just looking for an image to approximate the decals though.
benice is right about the fork decals/nora cup angle I reckon.

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