DP FREESTYLER - UPDATED WITH FRAMESET PICS

[kuwahero]

Picked this up yesterday thanks to dannywhiteley. 


The wheels were identified on another thread as acorn. however, now I have looked at them closely they are branded ammaco. were these made by acorn or by some other manufacturer

Any info greatly appreciated. They look to be ding free, need a good clean and prob a bleach. hubs need servicing and plates lightly rubbed down and polished.

Cheers Marc

[Lazarou]

Yep those are Acorns.

[kuwahero]

Yep those are Acorns.

Did they come on Ammaco Freestylers then, hence the Ammaco branding

[lodge]

Ammaco fitted them to one of there freestyle bikes for a while so if there marked ammaco they would be manufactured by acorn for ammaco, as they are acorn wheels.

[kuwahero]

thanks guys.

[lodge]

Ammaco also used Blue OGK mags on there styler 500 completes wonder if they were marked ammaco.

Did you manage to i.d. the stem on the dp mate?

[kuwahero]

Ammaco also used Blue OGK mags on there styler 500 completes wonder if they were marked ammaco.

Did you manage to i.d. the stem on the dp mate?

Yeah Steve its an SR Sakae Hinged Stem. Good nick just needs a good clean and polish

[stuntmaster]

yep acorn and yep did them on the ammaco freestyle as have one here with a black set on

[magna13]

acorn mags? weren't they proned for flexing very quickly?

zak

[dannywhiteley]

Good score... 

We need to see better pics before its taken apart though... lol

[kuwahero]

Good score... 

We need to see better pics before its taken apart though... lol

cheers danny. will take some pics tomorrow dont start work till 12noon. however, I have already stripped it down. doh!! will do some pics though.

[kuwahero]

Pics as promised of the frame and forks. Chrome is in alright condition just needs a good clean and polish. New decal set

Think my old man needs to get some moss killer on the driveway. 

[pickle]

That is well nice!!!  i lovely early one to!

must admit though i'd be tempted to leave the old decals on and have it as a survivor??  just gives it more charactor in my oppinion.

well nice though mate 

[dannywhiteley]

Sweet.  So its an early one is it?  How do you know?

To be honest, I would have probably stripped it and powdered it white, but I do see the attraction in keeping it a survivor.  Every mark tells a story of some kid coming off it while trying to jump bricks BITD.

Are you selling off any of the parts?

[pickle]

i can't see the pictures anymore cos i'm at work....but i'm sure all the early ones had the solid plate at the back with the brake hole in and the serial number stamped in it......the later models had DP cut out of the plate.....but i could be wrong mate 

[lodge]

Sweet.  So its an early one is it?  How do you know?

To be honest, I would have probably stripped it and powdered it white, but I do see the attraction in keeping it a survivor.  Every mark tells a story of some kid coming off it while trying to jump bricks BITD.

Are you selling off any of the parts?

If you look at one of the fork leg decals its really worn this is probs from old school wheel balance type tricks.
It is a fairly early one as it doesn't have the dp cut out but its not one of the very early one's as these had the gold/black firebird flame decals like the ones they used on the single top tube frames. Its certainly looks in good nick!

[dannywhiteley]

Yeah, I just noticed the lack of dp cutout.  Nice...

[phantom photon]

Sweet.  So its an early one is it?  How do you know?

The rear chainstays, coaster bracket and rear dropouts are also different on early and late models.

Early below (more curved lower chainstays in profile and note position of coaster bracket - very early models did not have a serial number stamped on them)





Later model below (straighter chainstays, coaster bracket moved up and slightly different dropouts - same as GL though you could also get this frame without the DP cutout above the rear brake bridge and internal cable guides (non-GL) )