Author Topic: DP RACING FIREBIRD FREESTYLER (Read 27131 times)

firebird · « **Reply #50 on:** June 25, 2008, 08:12 PM »

when dp first used those made in great britain decals they were made in Woolston, Warrington

phantom photon · « **Reply #51 on:** June 25, 2008, 10:48 PM »

The stickers on both sides say the same thing "Made in Great Britain"

COZZFATHER · « **Reply #52 on:** June 26, 2008, 05:13 PM »

approx what year would they have been made in warrington???
going by some of the people i asked and who owned them the numbered frames were shooting up very quick, wonder if
production was doubled so to keep up with demand

?

another question, why doesn't anyone do the made in gb stickers ??
or the stickers for the ladder bars,if you have a fully DP'D DP you need more than what you get off the ebay stuff.

Steve, when did the Ladder bars come out ? i don't remember seeing them very early on
another thing i remember seeing the pink freestylers having all white stickers

virtualmeuk · « **Reply #53 on:** June 26, 2008, 05:22 PM »

GB Stickers and ladder bar stickers i have here as well as GL silver stickers for the coloured frames

firebird · « **Reply #54 on:** June 27, 2008, 06:26 PM »

dp industries ltd were based in warrington, they made the firebirds, delta2 and some of the early freestylers. as the demand grew they moved to a bigger unit in flint , north wales.

the dp ladder bars came out mid 85, they were designed by Glyn Lewis

the pink freestyler had the white decals on and the limited edition freestyler had Glyn Lewis's signature on them too.

firebird · « **Reply #55 on:** June 29, 2008, 07:18 PM »

about 2 years ago there was a limited edition freestyler on ebay. i remember copying the pictures of it but can only find this one now. i think it had chrome forks fitted, i wish i'd bought it now

cheers steve

COZZFATHER · « **Reply #56 on:** July 01, 2008, 01:14 PM »

went up into my Ma's loft the other day looking for photos she may have of my old Firebirds,and i only went and found a unused Firebird Freestyler Radpad set
from circa 85,i thought it couldn't get much better then i found a sticker set for my bike,it made me feel all goose bumpy

i would love to know more about Glyn Lewis and his World Record on a bike like mine,i wonder if Norris Mc Whirter remembers it

anyone got anymore pics of Glyn or Trevor ??

also on one of the Firebird Promo's there is referance to Krazy Kevin

who was he ??

virtualmeuk · « **Reply #57 on:** July 01, 2008, 01:18 PM »

would love to see a picture of the rad pad set!

firebird · « **Reply #58 on:** July 01, 2008, 09:39 PM »

the rad pad set is the same pad set as i sell on my site steve

theres photos of trevor on the site too.

what decal set did you have, got any pics

firebird4130 · « **Reply #59 on:** July 01, 2008, 10:25 PM »

The first firebird I had my mate gave it to me and it had a sticker set I don't think I've seen since, the downtube sticker had larger bolder script than most firebird decals, and it was pink, may have faded from red though, the frame was chrome, anyone seen them before?

firebird · « **Reply #60 on:** July 01, 2008, 10:41 PM »

yes, i'll be selling them on my dp web site very soon.

here's dave park's sons bike with them on

and a close up.

firebird4130 · « **Reply #61 on:** July 01, 2008, 10:51 PM »

That's the ones!!!! If I ever decide to get another I'll have a set of them for it. What year were they?

firebird · « **Reply #62 on:** July 01, 2008, 10:57 PM »

they were 0n the 83 freestyler. the very first ones had the firebird decals on. but they were also fitted to delta2 so the must have thought, hand on, we need a new sticker set for this freestyler.

COZZFATHER · « **Reply #63 on:** July 03, 2008, 03:21 PM »

one of the ones i had came with the red graphics like above,the pink ones i saw had the later type decals
but all white instead,i havn't yet seen any like that, only bitd.
could Mr DP'S son been Krazy Kev ??

firebird · « **Reply #64 on:** July 03, 2008, 05:38 PM »

where have you seen the name krazy kev before?

COZZFATHER · « **Reply #65 on:** July 04, 2008, 05:26 PM »

Quote from: firebird on July 03, 2008, 05:38 PM

where have you seen the name krazy kev before?

on your website

"the imput behind our output" advert at the top by the tech drawing, there referance to Krazy Kevin

CRIMEWATCH MODE>>> Who's he, we need to find out

firebird · « **Reply #66 on:** July 04, 2008, 06:51 PM »

not sure, one picture has dp so the other maybe another tech drawer for dp

greentoad · « **Reply #67 on:** July 07, 2008, 04:45 PM »

Great thread.

I met a chap the other week who has a great story to tell.

I have asked him to write it all up, and i'll then put it on here.

From what I know so far, (some) Powder was carried out in Bradford, and Chrome in Halifax.

He has told me quite a bit, but it should really come from his hand.

J.

COZZFATHER · « **Reply #68 on:** July 07, 2008, 05:11 PM »

Quote from: greentoad on July 07, 2008, 04:45 PM

Great thread.

I met a chap the other week who has a great story to tell.

I have asked him to write it all up, and i'll then put it on here.

From what I know so far, Powder was carried out in Bradford, and Chrome in Halifax.

He has told me quite a bit, but it should really come from his hand.

J.

dunno about the bradford bit.

my mates brother worked in the actual factory in CHESTER where the coloured DP'S were done,he had various Firebirds like me
and they 100% guaranteed came from this factory.
I have been into this said factory and spoke eventually to the fella who over 25 years ago did the powder coating for Dave Park.

when he saw my Firebird Freestyler he recognised it straight away, also the guy who was the boss of this factory bitd had a son who seemed to have everything DP did, all the colours and parts and his name was Kevin and my mate reckoned he was a bit hot on freestylin.
could this be Krazy Kevin

also if you look very hard on the drawing i mentioned there is some feint writing in pencil on the frame where the gusset around the seatpost is,anyone like to guess what it says, you gotta look hard though

firebird · « **Reply #69 on:** July 07, 2008, 07:21 PM »

here you go, its doesn't say anything, its just some lines to show where the gusset bends.

would be good to know if this is the same kevin, it was a popular name in the 80's

haro__master1985 · « **Reply #70 on:** July 09, 2008, 05:03 PM »

So if my frame has no frame # how do i know what decals it should have on ? $:-\$

firebird · « **Reply #71 on:** July 09, 2008, 05:21 PM »

i would say it the black and gold firebird decals or the red with the thin black out line. is it chrome or white?
on my chrome freestyler you can see where the old decals use to be. so this told me what it had from new.

steve

haro__master1985 · « **Reply #72 on:** July 11, 2008, 03:19 PM »

Its this one

Think it may have to be red ones !

Ive given it a good polish when i 1st bought it and there wasnt any outlines of decals

firebird · « **Reply #73 on:** July 11, 2008, 08:37 PM »

ok, its in my gallery too, i would put the red decals on it.

it would be good to find out if the frames with no numbers had the black and gold decals and the frames with the very early number say up to 500 had the red decals

phantom photon · « **Reply #74 on:** July 11, 2008, 10:53 PM »

I had a white one with no frame number that came with red decals as new.

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