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got myself a new BIRD
« on: May 04, 2008, 03:25 PM »
picked this up this week, had a lot of rust under the frame gusset so i thought i'd give the Coke and foil trick ago. this really does work well. after giving it a good polish i could see where the old decal's use to be. the head tube decals use to be round so this meant that they had the old red decals fitted. you can just make out the shape of the head tube decal in the top picture. so i made them up and put them on. it also has a early frame number 0490.

cheers steve




this was Dave Parks son's freestyler, aka DP





« Last Edit: May 04, 2008, 04:58 PM by firebird »

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2008, 03:32 PM »
Thats a lovely looking bird  :smitten:

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2008, 03:37 PM »
 :4_17_5:  i should have never gave mine away   :'(

firebird

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2008, 03:43 PM »
the good thing about letting your old BIRD go is you can get a new one  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2008, 03:52 PM »
I have a BIRD in the post  ;) With a set of ladders too  ;)

steve Beech TA

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2008, 04:03 PM »

That's a sexy mother fcuker :smitten:, loving that steve.  :daumenhoch: i wont one :'(

firebird

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2008, 04:19 PM »
really gashead, what you got then 8)

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2008, 04:25 PM »
Should land this week - will send a piccy  ;)

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2008, 06:03 PM »
How many do you own? Mine's miles off...tuffs are coming along though:

PS also which head tube decal is that? Liking that one...


« Last Edit: May 04, 2008, 06:08 PM by spectre »

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2008, 06:08 PM »
thats very nice!

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2008, 06:18 PM »
Looking good Steve, I really like those  :smitten:
« Last Edit: May 04, 2008, 07:08 PM by MartyC »


Better to crash and burn than fade away

firebird

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2008, 07:02 PM »
the decals are the early freestyler decals, the very first freestylers had the same decals as the firebird. so they used the same head tube design on the red decals

here's the logo


« Last Edit: May 04, 2008, 07:09 PM by firebird »

spectre

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2008, 07:39 PM »
the decals are the early freestyler decals, the very first freestylers had the same decals as the firebird. so they used the same head tube design on the red decals

here's the logo




Like that a lot more than the later decals, got a slightly cafe-racer look to it  8) - also, are those kind of cut-to-shape decals, IE - not printed on a transparent sticker?

firebird

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2008, 07:46 PM »
yes, they are cut on a vinyl plotter, just like car graphics.

steve

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2008, 11:11 PM »
Nice one steve. Just wondering how far along you are with site ? Any idea when we can have a look and what is it going to be called?
It's nice to see the interest in these seems to be increasing at the moment.

firebird

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2008, 09:10 AM »
im hoping the site will be up and running by the end of the week. there will regular updates as more infomation comes in. but it's mostly there now.

i'll post the name of the site up when it's ready.

cheers steve

spectre

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2008, 11:34 AM »
im hoping the site will be up and running by the end of the week. there will regular updates as more infomation comes in. but it's mostly there now.

i'll post the name of the site up when it's ready.

cheers steve

''you will not be informed of the meaning of project zeus until the time is right to know the meaning of project zeus...''

What's this site all about? Dedicated to DPs?

firebird

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2008, 11:05 PM »
yes, the site is almost there now. its just dedicated to DP racing. as sson as its ready i'll post a link for every one to read.

steve

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2008, 07:41 AM »
Hey, thats my patio table!!!   :LolLolLolLol:

Looking very good there Steve, top work with the coke.  :daumenhoch:

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2008, 11:13 AM »
i had a firbird couple of years ago with the red decals. was told they were the rarer ones? is that true? will try find pic of it

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2008, 12:04 PM »
cant believe i got no pics better than these  :(




sold it on ebay for stupid cheap price  :'(  :idiot2:

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Re: got myself a new BIRD
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2008, 12:29 PM »
Very nice Steve, reminds me of my old DP  :daumenhoch:

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