Right then the story............
...... I got a nice survivor 1977 mongoose from the US - all nice original '77 mongoose spec survivor parts with a couple of optional extras that must have been selected when purchased back in the day. It came with lovely survivor Gen1 Araya 7b's which were an option in the mongoose catalogue back then - and now to the point - it also came with a set of redline forks on too - well mongoose sold redline equipment in there catalogue back then so i'm thinking these were probably opted for back when the bike was bought in place of the heavy ashtabulas that would have been standard or the more expensive roger decoster forks - the thing is they have newer decals on but the whole bike was plastered in newer redline decals
so i'm thinking someone got some decals and got bored
The reason i believe they are very early redline forks is because firstly they have no hole drilled for a front caliper, and secondly the bottom of the fork tubes are closed off rather than open with a cap in them....................
So redline buffs are these very early forks ? Are they worth a few bob ? I doubt i'd sell 'em but might swap them for an early set of mongoose team forks - but for now i think i'll get them re-powdered and they can go on my '79 team until it gets the right forks
Any input would be great - pics below (sorry they're a bit crap
) bottom pic from the '77 mongoose catalogue :
