Author Topic: I've lost my Car boot sale virginity. (Read 1825 times)

southern andy · « **on:** May 25, 2009, 12:40 PM »

Hi Chaps, bought this old thing yesterday at a car boot sale at Ashley heath near Bournemouth. Being a virgin at car boot finds, i was grateful for this animal to take my cherry.

As you can see it's a very rare Cresent Metzeler Bridgestone snap on BMX. I'm very excited about this.

Rust not too bad, should clean up nice.

southern andy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2009, 01:18 PM »

A few more piccys then.

Thing is, i don't really know what to do with it, obviously half will get chucked in the bin, but the rest .......... ??

MartyC · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2009, 01:20 PM »

That Goose has some very tidy parts on it and the frame will come up the business

. I know what I'd be doing that's for sure

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snav69 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2009, 02:49 PM »

Cool

Could do with that seatclamp for my motomag

bmxbob · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:04 PM »

Sell it to me

seriously im interested

daz bmx it! · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:37 PM »

Nice little score that

and those Ltd Edition Roger D'Banana forks too!

spesh · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:07 PM »

what a waste of a crescent suzuki sticker

nice find

southern andy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:38 PM »

I've spent an hour this afternoon stripping this and i'm still not convinced i want to keep it, i'm not a huge Goose fan and i feel i will have a problem in finding some forks for it.

Whilst i didn't really need the bike, there was no way i was going to leave it there. I'm currently building a Kuwahara and don't really have the time to crack on with this one aswell as.

lazychubs · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:48 PM »

tis a nice one how much ya after for the frame and seat clamp then

magna13 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:50 PM »

Keep it i would Andy, trust me give it 2 weeks and probably come down with a bad case of 'Goose fever

southern andy · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:59 PM »

Quote from: Lazychubs on May 25, 2009, 04:48 PM

tis a nice one how much ya after for the frame and seat clamp then

I wouldn't know mate $:-\$ $:-\$ but i do have someone very interested in the clamp already.

I'm up for cleaning this up a bit but not the rebuilding of it. But Like Zak says, we'll see what happens in the future, two weeks down the line and i may want to keep it.

bmxbob · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2009, 05:51 PM »

ozone · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2009, 06:33 PM »

Quote from: Southern Andy on May 25, 2009, 04:38 PM

I've spent an hour this afternoon stripping this and i'm still not convinced i want to keep it, i'm not a huge Goose fan and i feel i will have a problem in finding some forks for it.

Whilst i didn't really need the bike, there was no way i was going to leave it there. I'm currently building a Kuwahara and don't really have the time to crack on with this one aswell as.

Did this Goose originally come with tange TX-1200 forks fitted? $:-\$ If it did, they shouldn't be too hard to find.

I would keep it and take your time putting it back together

Put it in the back of the shed and forget about it for a while - it will give you something to do when the Kuwi is finished....

bmxmatt1974 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 25, 2009, 07:31 PM »

nice find, what you pay for it?

bobafett · « **Reply #14 on:** May 25, 2009, 11:32 PM »

Nice find Andy

From the serial number it's an 83' so it's late for a gusseted goose - nice

If it was me - with an '83 serial number i'd be very tempted to do a california special with it (check the piccy below) maybe it was one originally $:-\$

As for forks mongoose had moved away altogether from the tange "pinched" 1200 forks for the standard geese at this point as you can see from all the gusseted geese in the 83 catalogue - they all have the "team" or "super" dropout goose forks - if you look at the pictures closely though the fork tubes look thicker than the original 7/8" supergoose forks and it is my belief that the 83 gusseted geese are 1" forks i.e. the same as found on the cali/experts to follow - I'm sure there will be someone who will disagree with that statement but for my tuppence from my research that is definitely the case

If you do split her up though Andy i'd be interested in the stem mate

California Special as pictured in the '83 catalogue (notice the forks) :

Mattdub · « **Reply #15 on:** May 26, 2009, 08:24 AM »

Cool score Andy

Get her resto'ed .

kdw712 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 26, 2009, 10:25 AM »

nice score andy

very late gusset model

nice find

reckon you'll see your money back no probs there

jimmyp · « **Reply #17 on:** May 26, 2009, 02:54 PM »

Quote from: bobafett on May 25, 2009, 11:32 PM

Nice find Andy

From the serial number it's an 83' so it's late for a gusseted goose - nice

If it was me - with an '83 serial number i'd be very tempted to do a california special with it (check the piccy below) maybe it was one originally $:-\$

As for forks mongoose had moved away altogether from the tange "pinched" 1200 forks for the standard geese at this point as you can see from all the gusseted geese in the 83 catalogue - they all have the "team" or "super" dropout goose forks - if you look at the pictures closely though the fork tubes look thicker than the original 7/8" supergoose forks and it is my belief that the 83 gusseted geese are 1" forks i.e. the same as found on the cali/experts to follow - I'm sure there will be someone who will disagree with that statement but for my tuppence from my research that is definitely the case

If you do split her up though Andy i'd be interested in the stem mate

California Special as pictured in the '83 catalogue (notice the forks) :

Just as said here andy, nice find with some nice parts as well

bigfatolly · « **Reply #18 on:** May 26, 2009, 07:25 PM »

someone apparently scored a mini gt with flight cranks for £18 at that same boot sale a couple of weeks ago,although the guy who told me was a bit of a bull shitter

nice find though!

southern andy · « **Reply #19 on:** May 26, 2009, 07:43 PM »

Quote from: bigfatolly on May 26, 2009, 07:25 PM

someone apparently scored a mini gt with flight cranks for £18 at that same boot sale a couple of weeks ago,although the guy who told me was a bit of a bull shitter
nice find though!

If thats true.

i think i'll go there again.

i bet my missing forks were on the guys table, i didn't check that.